​While preparing to record his radio address President Ronald Reagan participated in a sound check. In a moment of off-the-cuff humor he joked into the live microphone

    ​"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

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    1. Emotional_Newt_2227 on

      The Soviet Union had to sit in a room and decide whether the President of the United States just declared war via sound check their stress response systems were NOT built for this

    2. Yes, was quite the conversation piece around my family’s dinner table when it happened.

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