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John and Nellie Reagan with their sons, Neil and Ronald.

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A 1928 yearbook recalls that a boy who was to become an actor and a president served as president of a school drama club.

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Ronald Reagan the actor pictured with Ann Sheridan in the 1941 film Juke Girl.

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Ronald and Nancy Reagan married in 1952.

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His 1980 election victory established Reagan on the world stage.

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Only months after taking office, the president survived an assassination attempt.

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Reagan established a legendary rapport with another feisty conservative leader, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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A landslide victory in the 1984 election consolidated the Republicans' position of power.

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With Mikhail Gorbachev bringing political reform to the Kremlin, Reagan oversaw the start of a new detente with the Soviets.

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After two terms of office, Ronald Reagan made way in the White House for his Vice-President, George Bush.

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As Alzheimer's disease took its terrible hold, Nancy continued to care for her husband - here on his 89th birthday.