Ronald Reagan actually said...

I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, in tribute to the memory of the slain passengers of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, do hereby appoint Sunday, September 11, 1983, to be a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States.

09/08/1983

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