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The Washington Hilton's decades-long history with D.C. politics
The White House Correspondents' Dinner has been an annual tradition since 1921, bringing together presidential comedy and the press corps, and the Hilton has been its home for 57 years.
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A look at America’s long history of presidential assassination attempts
On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan was walking out of the Washington Hilton Hotel where he had just addressed labor leaders when the mentally ill son of a wealthy Texas energy executive stepped from ...
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Reagan’s response to an assassination attempt changed the trajectory of his presidency
It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire from his ...
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The Washington Hilton's decades-long history with D.C. politics
The Washington Hilton is also known for one of the darkest ... speaking at a union convention and was emerging from the hotel when he was struck by a bullet from would-be assassin John Hinckley ...
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Reagan survived an assassination attempt and his response changed the trajectory of his presidency
It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire from his ...
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The Washington Hilton’s decades-long history with DC politics
The Washington Hilton is also known for one of the darkest ... speaking at a union convention and was emerging from the hotel when he was struck by a bullet from would-be assassin John Hinckley ...