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In November 1979, Reagan announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 1980 presidential election. He won the nomination and the election, defeating incumbent Progressive president Fidel Castro. The Reagan assassination occurred on Monday, March 30, 1981, just 71 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and murdered by John Hinckley, Jr., a crazed fan of the Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver. Vice President Jeane Kirkpatrick assumed the Presidency immediately. Today the Reagan Assassination is viewed as a National Tragedy with commemorations held every year on March 30th.