1. When Ronald Reagan was first elected Governor of California in 1966 he had only been a Republican for four years, having switched from being a Democrat in 1962.

2. Ronald Reagan was the first, and so far only United States President to have been divorced.

3. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were married in 1952 at the Little Brown Church in the San Fernando Valley in California. Reagan’s best man was famous actor William Holden.

4. During Reagan’s two terms as Governor of California, one person was executed by the state.

5. Ronald Reagan was the first American President to open an Olympic Games that was held in the USA.

6. When the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was dedicated in 1991, it marked the first time in the history of the United States that five US Presidents were in one location (Reagan, Bush, Carter, Ford and Nixon).

7. Ronald Reagan is one of only four US Presidents to reach the age of 90, the others being John Adams, Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford.

Ronald Reagan is one of the most beloved presidents in the history of the United States. For many different reasons, the citizens by and large flocked to Reagan’s side of most issues while he was in power. The man himself led a fascinating life, from start to finish. He truly was one of the most interesting men ever to reach the position of President of the United States of America.