Nightly News   |  February 07, 2011

Centennial celebration honors Reagan

Former first lady Nancy Reagan and several former White House aides gathered at the Reagan Library to mark the centennial anniversary of former President Ronald Reagan's birth.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Former President Reagan 's 100th birthday celebrated yesterday. The main event, the reopening of his presidential library in Simi Valley , California , after a major makeover. Former first lady Nancy Reagan , in signature red, did the honors, welcomed everybody. There were speeches, music from the Beach Boys , all capped off by a giant birthday cake with, what else, a 50-pound chocolate eagle