US President Ronald Reagan was made aware that the USSR was stealing US technology and research.
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The US gross national debt exceeded $1 trillion.
Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall'.
Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California.
Ronald Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act.
John Hinckley, who tried to kill President Reagan, was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.