when was reagan inaugurated?
1/20/1981
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 Reagan accepted the Republican nomination in Dallas , Texas . He proclaimed that it was " morning again in America , " regarding the recovering economy and the dominating performance by the U.S. athletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics , among other things . He became the first American president to open an Olympic Games held in the United States . 

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 The inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president in 1981 , ushered in an eight @-@ year period of conservative leadership in the U.S. government . Under his leadership , the government pushed a conservative social agenda , including outlawing abortion , inserting prayer in schools , banning pornography , and resisting gay rights . 

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 Reagan was sworn in as president for the second time on January 20 , 1985 , in a private ceremony at the White House . Because January 20 fell on a Sunday , a public celebration was not held but took place in the Capitol rotunda the following day . January 21 was one of the coldest days on record in Washington , D.C. ; due to poor weather , inaugural celebrations were held inside the Capitol . In the coming weeks he shook up his staff somewhat , moving White House Chief of Staff James Baker to Secretary of the Treasury and naming Treasury Secretary Donald Regan , a former Merrill Lynch officer , Chief of Staff . 

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 To date , Reagan is the oldest person elected to the office of the presidency ( at 69 ) and the oldest president at the time of inauguration ( at 69 years , 341 days ) . In his first inaugural address on January 20 , 1981 , which Reagan himself wrote , he addressed the country 's economic malaise arguing : " In this present crisis , government is not the solution to our problems ; government is the problem . " 

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 In 1981 , Ronald Reagan was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln ( the state 's highest honor ) by the Governor of Illinois in the area of Government . 
