February 6, 1911 - Ronald Reagan
His administration's covert foreign policy operations placed him in contested historical territory: arms were secretly sold to Iran while proceeds were illegally funneled to Contra forces in Nicaragua, and U.S. support extended to governments and paramilitaries in Central America linked to large-scale atrocities. The Iran-Contra affair, when exposed, revealed a pattern of operations conducted in deliberate circumvention of congressional oversight. Debate over his administration's role in enabling or directing these harms has persisted across decades of scholarship and investigation.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and was hired the next year as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California where he became a well-known film actor. During his acting career, Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild twice from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 to 1960. In the 1950s, he hosted General Electric Theater and worked as a motivational speaker for General Electric. During the 1964 presidential election, Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech launched his rise as a leading conservative figure.
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