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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
June 26, 1963: Did JFK really say he was a jelly donut?
Berliner (pastry) Français : Boule de Berlin (Photo credit:
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)
On this date 50 years ago,
President Kennedy
told a massive audience in
Berlin
--- in his inimitable
German
--- "
I am a Berliner
." Or, according to some trained ears, what he really inadvertently said was, "I am a jelly donut."
http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3376
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