miscellaneous speeches
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- A. Philip Randolph, U.S. civil rights and labor leader, On the struggle for raci
- Aaron Copland, American composer, On composition
- Abba Eban, Israeli foreign minister, On the Yom Kippur War
- Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, On the Sudetenland Crisis
- Al Gore, U.S. vice president, Concedes presidential election to George Bush
- Alan Freed, radio disc jockey, Ends final broadcast
- Albert Einstein, physicist, Calls for an end to atomic proliferation
- Allan Roy Dafoe, Canadian doctor, On the Dionne quintuplets
- Allen Ginsberg, U.S. poet; Margaret Mead, U.S. anthropologist, On the Beat gener
- Amelia Earhart, American aviator, On the future of women in flying
- Anita Bryant, singer and Christian conservative, Hit in the face with pie thrown
- Anita Hill, law professor, Accuses Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment
- Anthony Eden, British secretary of war, On the Battle of Britain
- Anwar el-Sadat, Egyptian president, Addresses Congress
- Anwar el-Sadat, Egyptian president, Addresses the Israeli parliament
- Argentine propaganda, Targets British soldiers and sailors during Falklands War
- Arthur Sylvester, U.S. assistant secretary of defense, Discloses the Gulf of Ton
- Barbara Jordan, U.S. representative of Texas, Delivers keynote address to Democr
- Barbara Washburn, U.S. explorer, On climbing Mount McKinley
- Barney B. Clark, first recipient of permanent artificial heart, On his unique ex
- Benazir Bhutto, prime minister of Pakistan, Gives first press conference
- Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, Declares war on Britain and France
- Benjamin Britten, British composer, On composing
- Bernadette Devlin, British MP of Northern Ireland, Speaks after being sentenced
- Bernard Baruch, American financier and diplomat, Calls for international control
- Bernard Baruch, American financier and diplomat, On the Cold War
- Bert Lance, U.S. budget director, Defends himself against charges of financial c
- Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, U.S. tennis players, On tennis' Battle of the
- Billy Wilder, Austrian-American film director, Accepts directorial award for Sun
- British and Chinese representatives, Conclude turnover of Hong Kong
- British colonist of Malay, Describes attack by Communist guerillas
- British public opinion, On the resumption of U.S. nuclear tests
- Burt Lancaster, U.S. actor, On making movies abroad
- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. president; Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., U.S. pilot, Lind
- CARE representative, Delivers CARE packages to Paris orphanage
- Carl Stokes, mayor of Cleveland, On his efforts to aid the city's African Americ
- Carlos Lechuga, Cuban ambassador to the U.N., Discloses Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine ambassador to the U.N., On global commercial airlin
- Chaim Herzog, Israeli ambassador to the U.N., Defends Israel's rescue of hostage
- Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., American isolationist, Urges U.S. neutrality in World
- Charles de Gaulle, Free French general, Urges America to join the Allies
- Charles de Gaulle, president of France, On the Algerian crisis
- Charles de Gaulle, president of France, Speaks out in support of Quebec independ
- Charles Redman, State Department spokesperson, On the deployment of U.S. troops
- Charles, prince of Wales, Speaks during Hong Kong handover ceremony
- Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last colonial governor, On the transfer of Hong Kong t
- Christiaan N. Barnard, South African surgeon, Describes first successful heart t
- Clarence S. Darrow, American lawyer, On crime
- Clark Gable, U.S. actor and Army Air Corps captain, Reports on the WWII air war
- Clement Attlee, British prime minister, Addresses the United Nations on atomic e
- Colin Powell, American general, Declines presidential bid
- Cordell Hull, U.S. secretary of state, On the need for a strong national defense
- Crew and mission control of Apollo 9, Complete first Apollo space walk
- Czechoslovakian opposition leader, On the communists' seizure of power
- Dag Hammarskjöld, U.N. secretary general, On the need for international rec
- Darlington Hoopes, Socialist vice presidential candidate, On social justice
- Dean Rusk, U.S. secretary of state, On the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Dean Rusk, U.S. secretary of state, On the prospects for peace in Vietnam
- Desmond Tutu, former Anglican archbishop, Releases Truth and Reconciliation repo
- Direct broadcast, B-29 raid against Japan
- Direct broadcast, Fighting between Greek communists and British troops in Athens
- Direct broadcast, John Glenn's return to space
- Direct broadcast, NYPD rushes occupied Columbia buildings
- Direct broadcast, Peruvian special forces storm Japanese ambassador's home
- Direct broadcast, Police crackdown of Free Speech Movement protest
- Direct broadcast, Riot at Paul Robeson concert
- Direct broadcast, The liberation of Paris
- Direct broadcast, Violent student protests in France
- Douglas MacArthur, American general, On communist advances in Korea
- Douglas MacArthur, American general, Receives the Japanese surrender
- Douglas MacArthur, American general, Retires before Congress
- Earl R. Browder, U.S. Communist Party leader, Campaigns for the presidency
- Ed Koch, mayor of New York City, Speaks to supporters after reelection victory
- Eddie Rickenbacker, U.S. flying ace and airline executive , On the deaths of Wil
- Edward B. Massey, NASA project manager, On Voyager 1's exploration of Saturn
- Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative opposition, Forecasts impact of female
- Edward R. Stettinius, U.S. secretary of state, On the signing of the United Nati
- Edward Steichen, American photographer, On photography as an art form
- Edward VIII, king of Great Britain and Ireland, Announces his abdication
- Edward, prince of Wales, On the Depression
- Elia Kazan, U.S. film and theater director; Eva Marie Saint, U.S. actress, Discu
- Elizabeth and Margaret, daughters of King George VI, Speak to British children a
- Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Broadcast s Christmas
- Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Opens the St. Lawrenc
- Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt, U.S. astronauts, Conduct final Apollo
- Eyewitness accounts and audio recording of crash, B-25 bomber crashes into Empir
- Eyewitness, Columbin e High School massacre
- Eyewitness, Gives account of Kent State incident
- F. W. de Klerk, South African president, Speaks on the eve of Nelson Mandela's r
- Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights leader, On the roots of her activism
- Federico Fellini, Italian film director, On filmmaking
- Fiorello LaGuardia, mayor of New York City, Imposes curfew to halt Harlem riotin
- Frank Borman, former U.S. astronaut, Addresses Congress on MIA slash POWs in Vie
- Frank Borman, U.S. astronaut, Sends Christmas Eve greeting back to Earth
- Frederick IX, king of Denmark, On the 150th anniversary of Hans Christian Anders
- Gary Francis Powers, captured U-2 spy plane pilot, Makes final plea before Mosco
- Gary Francis Powers, U-2 spy plane pilot, Talks to press after release from Sovi
- Geoffrey Fisher, archbishop of Canterbury, Presides over Queen Elizabeth II&rsqu
- Geoffrey Fisher, archbishop of Canterbury; George VI, king of Great Britain and
- Geoffrey Lawrence, president of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, Pronounces se
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