President Ronald Regan To Protesters “‘Make Love Not War’? By The Looks Of You, You Don’t Look Like You Could Do Much Of Either.”

National Presidential Joke Day is observed annually on August 11. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt hosted a good old-fashioned wiener roast when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the U.S. in 1939. 1984 – August 11, 1984, Inspired by President Ronald Reagan’s hilarious gaffe, America decides to celebrate all such leaders who joke around by establishing National Presidential Joke Day. 1984 – National Presidential Joke Day began on August 11, 1984. Upon asking where his wife was, President Franklin Roosevelt was given the answer “prison;” he replied, “I’m not surprised.