Timeline of the Ronald Reagan presidency (1988–January 1989)
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Ronald Reagan from January 1, 1988, to January 20, 1989.
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January
- January 2 – President Reagan co-signs the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement.
- January 25 – President Reagan delivers the 1988 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress.
February
- February 3 – The Senate confirms Anthony Kennedy as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in a vote of 97–0.
May
- May 29 – June 3 – President Reagan attends the Moscow Summit.
June
- June 6 – President Reagan says the US and the Soviet Union have a new "dimension of trust and cooperation" thanks to his Moscow Summit trip and praises Gorbachev for the "real changes" he has brought about in the Soviet Union.[1]
August
- August 10 – President Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
- August 23 – President Reagan signs the Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act.
October
- October 13 – President Reagan signs the Family Support Act.
November
- November 9 – President Reagan meets with President-elect Bush at the Oval Office to discuss the transition of power between the presidents.
- November 10 – President Reagan signs the Undetectable Firearms Act.
December
- December 7 – President Reagan attends the Governors Island Summit.
January 1989
- January 7 – President Reagan undergoes surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
- January 11 – President Reagan delivers his farewell address in the Oval Office.
- January 20 – President Reagan completes his two terms in office and leaves the White House for the final time as Commander-in-chief.
- January 20 – George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States, at noon EST. Ronald Reagan returns to Los Angeles to began his post-presidency.
References
- de Lama, George (June 6, 1988). "Reagan says he sensed 'new hope' in USSR". Chicago Tribune.
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