Reagan spent weeks tweaking and practicing the speech. It was scheduled to air on October 17, 1964, from an NBC studio as part of a pre-taped TV program called Rendezvous with Destiny.

Talk about early voting: Ronald Reagan won the race for the White House 60 years ago. As columnist George Will quipped, “it just took 16 years to count the votes.” ...

Trump Republicans say his meanness is an advantage. Nonsense. On Aug. 15, 1988, Ronald Reagan showed that nice guys can be tough and be huge winners.