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From: Bill Bennett  <billbennett@billbennett.com>
Date: March 30, 2012 7:01:17 AM EDT
To: Victor Cuvo <vacuvo@yahoo.com>
Subject: The American Patriot's Daily Almanac - March 30th
Reply-To: Bill Bennett  <billbennett@billbennett.com>

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March 30th "Honey, I forgot to duck" On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan became the only president to survive being shot while in office, and in the process taught the nation something about meeting a crisis with grit, grace, and humor. At first no one realized the president had been shot. Reagan, who felt an excruciating pain, thought he'd broken a rib. He soon began coughing up blood, and the limo headed for the hospital. As he walked into the emergency room, his knees turned rubbery, and he went down. It would be years before Americans learned how close Reagan came to dying. "He was right on the margin," one of his doctors later recalled. The assassin's bullet had ricocheted off the limo, pierced his side, and lodged close to his heart. But that night a relieved country laughed as it learned Reagan's first words to First Lady Nancy: "Honey, I forgot to duck" (a line borrowed from boxing great Jack Dempsey a half century earlier when he lost the heavyweight championship). Reagan's sense of humor never lagged. "I hope you're a Republican," he cracked to a doctor as they wheeled him into the operating room. The 70-year-old president returned to the White House a few days later, temporarily weakened but resolved to rededicate himself to his country. A few words in his diary speak volumes of his determination and faith. "Whatever happens now, I owe my life to God and will try to serve him in every way I can," he wrote. American History Parade 1842 Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia, becomes the first U.S. physician to perform surgery using anesthesia induced by ether to kill pain. 1858 Hyman Lipman of Philadelphia patents a pencil with an attached eraser. 1867 Secretary of State William H. Seward signs an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, about two cents an acre. 1891 Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, the country's first national forest, is established. 1981 President Reagan is shot and seriously wounded by John W. Hinckley Jr. outside a Washington, D.C., hotel. This content is courtesy of The American Patriot's Almanac © 2008, 2010 by William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb

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