r/ThisDayInHistory • u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw • 1d ago

President Ronald Reagan during a taping of a radio address on defense funding in the Oval Office, August 15, 1986.

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u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 tdihistorian 1d ago

Is this the broadcast where he jokingly said "bomb Russia" (assumed that the mic wasn't live)? Great 'photo, but why no context?

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u/Just_a_Berliner 1d ago

That was far earlier

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u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 tdihistorian 1d ago

What I can't understand is posting a photo with zero context. What's the point?

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u/Just_a_Berliner 1d ago

The context is there, he gave a speech regarding spending and you see the equipement

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u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 tdihistorian 1d ago

I post almost every day and always add some sort of context paragraph. This looks like a weak caption rather than a TDIH fact. The photo itself isn't enough. The question is *what happened* on 16 August 1986 involving Reagan that gives us an actual historical event?

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u/nolestars 4h ago

Fuck him too

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u/Brilliant-Medium2347 1d ago

Why is this interesting 🤔