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Events on Monday 30 March 1981 1
1981Assassination attempt on Ronald ReaganUS president shot outside a Washington hotelJohn Hinckley Jr. shot US President Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton on 30 March 1981. Reagan was hit in the chest but recovered after emergency surgery. Hinckley was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.