August 11 is:
National Raspberry Tart Day
Presidential Joke Day
On this day in 1984, during a sound check for a radio broadcast, President Ronald Reagan cracked the following joke:
“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.”
He 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.
Son and Daughter Day created so that you can let your children know how special they are.
1866 – World’s first roller rink opened in Newport, RI. The roller skate was invented in 1863 by James Plimpton.
1885 – $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The Statue was a joint effort between America and France and it was agreed upon that the American people were to build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United States.
Green Bay Packers football club founded on August 11, 1919 by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor. The Green Bay Packers have played in their original city longer than any other team in the NFL.
A formal peace took hold in Indochina on August 11, 1954, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh.
August 11, 1956 – Elvis Presley released “Don’t Be Cruel”
2015 – For the first time in Major League Baseball history, all 15 home teams won their game. Prior to this happening, the record was 12 which was reached over a century ago in 1914.