1981 (17 images)

President Ronald Reagan is seen here getting a hug from his wife, Nancy, as they leave Bethesda Naval Hospital September 20, 1981. (UPI/File)

President and Nancy Reagan wave goodbye before departing the White House to spend the weekend at Camp David July 31, 1981. (UPI PHOTO/Don Rypka/FILES)

President Ronald Reagan (L) and Senator Edward Kennedy are at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on June 5, 1981. The president presented a medal in honor of the late Robert F. Kennedy to the latter's widow, Ethel. Congress ordered the medal to be specially struck. (UPI Photo/Scott Stewart/Files)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (L) and Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon review the honor guard during official honors at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia on November 30, 1981. (UPI Photo/Rich Lipski/FILES)