In the late 1980s, I learned in school that President Reagan was nearly assassinated in 1981. I asked my father later that day, "Did you know that the President was shot?"
I should have realized that when someone tries to kill the President, even when it is a failed assassination attempt, it is a major news story that people will remember for years. I should have asked him, "What was it like after the President was shot?"
A childhood belief about history
others believed things like this
- I used to believe because I was born I Abe Lincoln's birthday I had a better shot at being President.— END
- I used to believe that President Ford invented the automobile.Anon
- i used to believe that everytime we elected a president was because the old one died!!:)— angel
- I used to believe that the loser of the Presidential election became the VICE President. — AirInSea
- I thought Santa was the President of the North Pole. It was stupid I know
lol— Lynn Wright - I thought that FDR was an government organization during the Great Depression, not a president.Anon