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We begin bombing in five minutes

joke made by President Reagan during the Cold War
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Summary

We begin bombing in five minutes is a joke[1]. It draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (joke category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • We begin bombing in five minutes authored Ronald Reagan[3].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's instance of is recorded as joke[4].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's instance of is recorded as sound check[5].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's instance of is recorded as political gaffe[6].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's instance of is recorded as microphone gaffe[7].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's audio is recorded as ReaganBeginsBombingRussia.ogg[8].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's genre is recorded as black comedy[9].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's Commons category is recorded as We begin bombing in five minutes[10].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's publication date is recorded as +1984-08-13T00:00:00Z[11].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's point in time is recorded as +1984-08-11T00:00:00Z[12].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08w6jv[13].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • We begin bombing in five minutes's quotation or excerpt is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "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."}[15].

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Works and Contributions

We begin bombing in five minutes authored Ronald Reagan[3].

Why It Matters

We begin bombing in five minutes draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (joke category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

public domain Ronald Reagan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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