August 11, 1934
Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz
A group of federal prisoners classified as "most dangerous" arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay. The convicts--the first civilian prisoners to be housed in the new high-security penitentiary--joined a few dozen military prisoners left over from the island's days as a U.S. military prison.
August 11, 1984
Reagan jokes about bombing Russia
On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan makes a joking but controversial off-the-cuff remark about bombing Russia while testing a microphone before a scheduled radio address. While warming up for the speech, Reagan said "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
1 comments:
That's hilarious. Oh, Ronny.
Once I was at church, and I couldn't figure out why there were so many security guards. I was like, "Shoot, I know there are some celebrities here, but this is ridiculous." Then it came time to introduce yourself to people around you, and I reached for someone's hand before I looked up at her face. "Hi," I said stupidly. "What's your name?"
I looked up into Mrs. Reagan's friendly eyes. She looked at me with a curious smile.
"Nancy," she said.
Hmm... how do you recover from that one?
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