About National Presidential Joke Day
On this day in 1984, during a sound check for a radio broadcast, Ronald Reagan cracked the following joke:

Who knew the Gipper had such a dark sense of humor? He certainly didn’t know the mic was already recording, and the tape leaked. Since this little gaffe, August 11th has lived on as Presidential Joke Day.
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