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As Anwar Sadat reviewed hundreds of troops and equipment, shortly after saluting the unknown soldier of the 1973 war, the end began. Scrambling from the back of a truck passing in review, a band of Moslem religious fanatics flinging grenades and…

Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy during President Reagan's inauguration.

Military parade at President Reagan's inauguration.

President Reagan and his wife Nancy on Inauguration night.

Newly sworn in President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, wave to crowd from the inaugural stand following the ceremony.

President Reagan embraces Polish Ambassadors wife as she and her husband leave the White House, after defecting from Poland.

President Reagan winces as the first shot is fired at him during the attack on his life.

In the first of the year's three assassination attempts, agents tend to President Reagan's press secretary, James Brady (on ground at right), and a policeman (left) who were wounded in the attempt on the President's life.

Photograph shows the scene immediately after an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

Ward's employees and customers concentrate on TV coverage of the attempted assassination of President Reagan.