2 November 1983 Posted on November 1, 2019 by Staff U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then when somebody comes up act like they just woke up and go, 'What was THAT?!'" Jack Handey — Click here for more from Jack Handey Related posts: 4 April 1968 14 October 1964 12 April 1983 30 January 1956 25 October 1983 10 November 1983 10 November 1983 10 November 1983 26 September 1983 18 February 1983