WASHINGTON - On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel, along with three other people. Jackson Bain was a news anchor for WTTG-TV, now ...

WASHINGTON — The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory of a presidency. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside a Washington, D.C.

A federal judge has approved the unconditional release of John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in a failed assassination attempt in 1981. According to NPR and ...

Reagan took office with fellow Republicans in control of the Senate, Democrats in control of the House, and big plans brewing to put the government on a conservative path. He got off to a fast start — ...

Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brought immediate comparisons to the 1981 attempt on President Ronald Reagan’s life. Judy Woodruff was there that day as NBC’s White ...