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- Reagan ordered U.S. forces to invade the Caribbean island of Granada after Marxist rebels overthrew the government.
- Reagan spoke at Germany's Berlin Wall, a symbol of communism, and famously challenged Gorbachev to tear it down.
- In November 1984, Ronald Reagan was re-elected in a landslide, defeating Democratic challenger Walter Mondale.
- In 1981, Reagan made history by appointing Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- He called for an era of national renewal and hoped that America would again be "a beacon of hope for those who do not have freedom."
- He and his wife, Nancy Reagan, ushered in a new era of glamour to the White House, with designer fashions and a major redecoration of the executive mansion.
- Tax cuts were implemented to stimulate the United States' economy. He also advocated for increases in military spending, reductions in certain social programs and measures to deregulate business.
- In the Middle East, Reagan sent 800 U.S. Marines to Lebanon as part of an international peacekeeping force, in June 1982.
- Reagan returned to Germany in September 1990—just weeks before Germany was officially reunified—and, with a hammer, took several symbolic swings at a remaining chunk of the wall.