Ronald Reagan was the fortieth president of the United States, taking office in 1981.
The Tampico, Illinois, native was married to actress Jane Wyman from 1940 to 1949, according to History online.
Just three years later, on March 4, 1952, Ronald Reagan married Nancy Davis, making her Nancy Reagan, a future first lady whom many Americans would come to respect and love, according to historians.
Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan met in 1951 while Reagan was serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild, according to History online and other sources.
At the time, Davis was working to clear his name from the McCarthy-era “blacklist” that affected many in Hollywood who were believed to support communism, History online notes.
Newlyweds Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan cut their wedding cake after their wedding ceremony. (Mai/Getty Images)
Davis asked Reagan for help in the matter and they reportedly fell in love.
Reagan proposed with a simple statement: “Let's get married,” according to multiple reports.
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Within a year, the two were married in Los Angeles, California, at the Little Brown Valley Church in the San Fernando Valley, according to History online.
Seven months after the wedding, Nancy gave birth to her first child: a girl named Patricia, or Patti for short.
Above, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, their daughter Patti and their young son, Ron Jr. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The couple would have one more son, Ronald Prescott Reagan, born in 1958, according to History online.
Ronald Reagan became governor of California in 1967 and served for eight years, that site notes.
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On November 20, 1975, Governor Reagan announced that he would run for president of the United States, according to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
“Let's get married.”
Gerald Ford, the incumbent president, eventually ran as the Republican candidate and lost the 1976 election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan waving in victory during Reagan's first inauguration as president on January 20, 1981. (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
On November 13, 1979, Reagan announced that he would run for president again, this time winning the overall vote.
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Once in the White House, the Reagans were seen by many as a symbol of traditional American values, according to History online.
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Their love story is something that is still talked about today, and many say that they were perfect for each other.
In June 2004, Nancy Reagan kissed the casket of her husband, former President Ronald Reagan. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
In 2000, Nancy published love letters the couple had written to each other and titled the book “I Love You, Ronnie.”
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President Reagan died of Alzheimer's disease in 2004 at the age of 93, says History online, while Nancy died in 2016 of congestive heart failure at the age of 94, according to Reaganlibrary.gov.
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