Name: National Presidential Joke Day in USA
Start: 20270811T00:00:00+00:00
End: 20270812T00:00:00+00:00
Location: PLACE

About National Presidential Joke Day

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National Presidential Joke Day .

Dates of National Presidential Joke Day

2027 USA Wednesday, August 11thNational Presidential Joke Day

2026 USA Tuesday, August 11thNational Presidential Joke Day

2025 USA Monday, August 11thNational Presidential Joke Day

2024 USA Sunday, August 11thNational Presidential Joke Day

2023 USA Friday, August 11thNational Presidential Joke Day

Summary

This day remembers the infamous joke that President Reagan made when he thought a radio broadcast wasn't being recorded.

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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