Follow the United States 40th president's second year in office (1983) through 55 of his radio speeches to the nation. Topics including the economic conditions of the United States, to the growing tension with Soviet Union regarding the Cold War. Go back in time and relive Reagan's second year in office.
Excerpt from "New Years Day Address":
"I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our daily lives—an energy and confidence we call the American spirit. Perhaps because we know we control our own destiny, we believe deep down inside that working together we can make each new year better than the old".
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. He began a career in filmmaking and later television, making 52 films and gaining enough success to become a household name.
As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics," advocated reduced business regulation, controlling inflation, reducing growth in government spending, and spurring economic growth through tax cuts.
Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year; he died ten years later at the age of 93. He ranks highly among former U.S. presidents in terms of approval rating.
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