- In 1982, Ronald Reagan became the first incumbent president of the United States to survive being struck by a would-be assassin's bullet.
- Of five serving president's struck by bullets, four died:
President Abraham Lincoln -- assassinated in 1865 at age 56
President James Garfield -- assassinated in 1881 at age 49
President William McKinley -- assassinated in 1901 at age 58
President John F. Kennedy -- assassinated in 1963 at age 46
President Ronald Reagan -- attempted assassination in 1982 at age 70