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Name  
Identification  
Date   August 15, 1945
Topic   Crowds and VJ Day
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name  
Identification  
Date   August 6, 1945
Topic   Captain witnessed bomb dropping
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name  
Identification  
Date   May 7, 1945
Topic   Announcement that the war in Europe is over
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name  
Identification  
Date   August 6, 1945
Topic   Hiroshima is attacked with an atomic bomb
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name  
Identification  
Date   June 20, 1945
Topic   Japs going down in Okinawa
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name   Hank Aaron
Identification   baseball player
Date   June 18, 1974
Topic   Addresses Congress
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Bella Abzug
Identification   American feminist and politician
Date  
Topic   On opposition to the movement for sexual equality
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Spiro Agnew
Identification   U.S. vice president
Date   November 13, 1969
Topic   Attacks television news coverage
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Spiro Agnew
Identification   U.S. vice president
Date   May 22, 1970
Topic   Denounces student political movements
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Spiro Agnew
Identification   U.S. vice president
Date   October 10, 1973
Topic   Announces resignation
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Svetlana Alliluyeva
Identification   daughter of Joseph Stalin
Date   March 9, 1967
Topic   Discusses defection to the West
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Yasir Arafat
Identification   chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Date   September 13, 1993
Topic   On the first Israel-Palestinian peace agreement
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Neil A. Armstrong
Identification   U.S. astronaut
Date   July 20, 1969
Topic   Walks on the moon
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Warren Austin
Identification   U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Date   June 27, 1950
Topic   Reports on the situation in Korea
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   James A. Baker
Identification   U.S. secretary of state
Date   December 20, 1989
Topic   Defends U.S. invasion of Panama
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Newton Baker
Identification   Secretary of War
Date   1918-1920
Topic   At the front; America's choice and opportunity; On League of Nations
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Newton D. Baker
Identification   Secretary of War
Date  
Topic   "On the Front"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Newton D. Baker
Identification   Secretary of War
Date  
Topic   "America's Choice and Opportunity"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Bernard Baruch
Identification   American financier and diplomat
Date   June 17, 1953
Topic   On the Cold War
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   David Beck and Robert F. Kennedy
Identification   Teamsters Union President and Senate counsel
Date   March 25, 1957
Topic   Senate investigates Teamsters Union
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Kermit Beehan
Identification   Captain
Date   August 9, 1945
Topic   Great Artist's bombardier
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name   Irving Berlin
Identification   American composer
Date  
Topic   On Stephen Foster
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Identification   U.S. Senator of Delaware
Date   October 1, 1991
Topic   Convenes Thomas-Hill sexual harassment hearings
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Hale Boggs
Identification   U.S. representative of Louisiana
Date   August 22, 1968
Topic   Discloses Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Frank Borman
Identification   U.S. astronaut
Date   December 24, 1968
Topic   Sends Christmas Eve greeting back to earth
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Frank Borman
Identification   former U.S. astronaut
Date   September 22, 1970
Topic   Addresses Congress on MIA/POWs in Vietnam
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Wernher von Braun
Identification   NASA space flight director
Date   February 3, 1966
Topic   On the U.S.S.R.'s landing of a spacecraft on the moon
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Earl R. Browder
Identification   U.S. Communist party leader
Date   June 28, 1936
Topic   Campaigns for the presidency
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   William Jennings Bryan
Identification   U.S. politician
Date   July 6, 1900
Topic   Delivers anti-imperialism speech
Decade   1900s
URL   Web site

Name   William Jennings Bryan
Identification   U.S. politician
Date   July 9, 1896
Topic   Delivers his "Cross of Gold" at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois
Decade   1890s
URL   Web site

Name   William Jennings Bryan
Identification  
Date   1923
Topic   On the Ideal Republic
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Lloyd M. Bucher
Identification   U.S.S. Pueblo commander
Date   December 24, 1968
Topic   Speaks after release by North Korea
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   George Bush
Identification   U.S. vice president
Date   October 13, 1988
Topic   Meets Michael Dukakis for second presidential debate
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   George Bush
Identification   forty-first U.S. president
Date   January 16, 1991
Topic   On the Persian Gulf War
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   George Bush
Identification   forty-first U.S. president
Date   January 1, 1993
Topic   Addresses U.S. troops in Somalia
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Nicholas Murray Butler
Identification   President of Columbia University from 1918-1920
Date   1918-1920
Topic   Save America
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Nicholas Murry Butler
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   Save America
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Richard E. Byrd
Identification   American aviator and polar explorer
Date   April 6, 1937
Topic   Calls for an end to war
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   James F. Byrnes
Identification   U.S. secretary of state
Date   May 20, 1946
Topic   On the postwar treaty talks in Paris
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   Democratic presidential candidate
Date   July 15, 1976
Topic   Accepts his party's nomination
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   October 4, 1977
Topic   On human rights
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   December 30, 1977
Topic   Opens Poland's first press conference
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   November 11, 1979
Topic   Imposes oil embargo against Iran
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   February 19, 1980
Topic   Calls for U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   April 25, 1980
Topic   Discusses failed hostage rescue attempt
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   May 5, 1980
Topic   Pledges to admit Cuban refugees into the U.S.
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Jimmy Carter
Identification   thirty-ninth U.S. president
Date   November 4, 1980
Topic   Concedes defeat in 1980 presidential election
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt
Identification   U.S. astronauts
Date   December 14, 1972
Topic   Conduct final Apollo lift off from the surface of the moon
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Neville Chamberlain
Identification   British prime minister
Date   September 30, 1938
Topic   Praises Britain's Munich Pact with Germany
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Neville Chamberlain
Identification   British prime minister
Date   September 3, 1939
Topic   Declares war against Germany
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Shirley Chisholm
Identification   American politician and activist
Date   January 25, 1972
Topic   Campaigns for the presidency
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Warren Christopher
Identification   U.S. deputy secretary of state
Date   January 21, 1981
Topic   Briefs press on Iran's release of American hostages
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Winston Churchill
Identification   Conservative backbencher
Date   November 16, 1934
Topic   Calls for Britain to meet the threat of Germany
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Winston Churchill
Identification   British prime minister
Date   May 19, 1940
Topic   On the Battle of France
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Winston Churchill
Identification   British prime minister
Date   June 18, 1940
Topic   Inaugurates the Battle of Britain
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Winston Churchill
Identification   Former British prime minister
Date   March 5, 1946
Topic   Iron Curtain speech
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Winston Churchill
Identification  
Date   March 31, 1949
Topic   On the atomic bomb as a deterrent to communist aggression
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name   Champ Clark
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   On Democratic Achievement
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Champ Clark
Identification  
Date  
Topic   "Valley Forge"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Champ Clark
Identification   Speaker of the House
Date   1918-1920
Topic   At Valley Forge: Democratic Achievement
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Grover Cleveland
Identification  
Date  
Topic  
Decade   1890
URL   Web site

Name   Bill Clinton
Identification   Forty-second U.S. president
Date   April 27, 1994
Topic   On the death of Richard Nixon
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Bill Clinton
Identification   Forty-second U.S. president
Date   September 15, 1994
Topic   On his decision to send troops to Haiti
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Bill Clinton
Identification   Forty-second U.S. president
Date   February 4, 1997
Topic   Delivers State of the Union address
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Bill Clinton
Identification   Forty-second U.S. president
Date   August 17, 1998
Topic   I misled people
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Bill Clinton
Identification   Forty-second U.S. president
Date   August 17, 1998
Topic   I have sinned
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Bill Clinton
Identification   Forty-second U.S. president
Date   December 19, 1998
Topic   After his impeachment by the House of Representatives
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Bainbridge Colby
Identification   Secretary of State, 1918-1920
Date  
Topic   Loyalty
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   Governor of Massachusetts
Date   1918-1920,
Topic   Equal Rights; America and the War; Duty of Government; Law and Order
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   President
Date   March 4, 1925
Topic   Inaugural Address
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   President
Date   June 11, 1927
Topic   On Lindbergh's Return to the United States, Washington D.C.
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   President
Date   July 4, 1920
Topic   On Equal Rights
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   President
Date   1920
Topic  
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   President
Date   1920
Topic   Republican Candiate for Vice President
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge
Identification   President
Date   1920
Topic   On The Duty of Government
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Calvin Coolidge and Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.
Identification   thirtieth U.S. president and U.S. pilot
Date   June 11, 1927
Topic   Lindbergh honored for New York-Paris flight
Decade   1920s
URL   Web site

Name   Charles E. Coughlin
Identification   Catholic priest
Date   November 27, 1933
Topic   Praises Roosevelt's New Deal (video)
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Charles E. Coughlin
Identification   Catholic priest
Date   April 11, 1937
Topic   Denounces Roosevelt's New Deal
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Charles Coughlin
Identification  
Date   1936
Topic   Speech Against Roosevelt
Decade   1930
URL   Web site

Name   James M. Cox
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   Confidence in Government
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   James M. Cox
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   Democratic Candidate for President
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   James M. Cox
Identification   Democratic Presidential Candidate in 1920
Date   1918-1920
Topic   Prevention of War; The World War; Confidence in Government
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Alan Cranston
Identification   U.S. senator of California
Date   October 20, 1973
Topic   On Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Crew and mission control of Apollo 9
Identification   U.S. astronauts
Date   March 6, 1969
Topic   Complete first Apollo space walk
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Homer Cumming
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   On President Wilson
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Homer Cummings
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   On The Democratic Party
Decade   1920
URL   Web site

Name   Homer S. Cummings
Identification   Chairman, Democratic National Committee
Date   1918-1920
Topic   Summons to Duty; Achievements of the Democratic Party
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Mario Cuomo
Identification   governor of New York
Date   July 16, 1984
Topic   Delivers keynote address to Democratic National Convention
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Richard J. Daley
Identification   mayor of Chicago
Date   August 29, 1968
Topic   Discusses violence at Democratic National Convention
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Josephus Daniels
Identification   Secretary of the Navy
Date   1918-1920
Topic   The Navy is ready; There is no rank in sacrifice
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Josephus Daniels
Identification   Secretary of the Navy
Date  
Topic   "The Navy is Ready"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Josephus Daniels
Identification   Secretary of the Navy
Date  
Topic   "No Rank in Sacrifice"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Clarence S. Darrow
Identification   American lawyer
Date  
Topic   On crime
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Sandra Day O'Connor
Identification   Supreme Court nominee
Date   September 9, 1981
Topic   Discusses marriage during her Senate confirmation hearings
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   F. W. de Klerk
Identification   South African president
Date   February 10, 1990
Topic   Speaks on the eve of Nelson Mandela's release
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   Jack Dempsey
Identification   Boxer
Date  
Topic   VS. Gene Tunney
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Eamonn Devalera
Identification  
Date  
Topic   St. Patrick's Day Message
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Eamonn Devalera
Identification  
Date  
Topic   "No, the Irish do not hate England"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Eamonn DeValera
Identification   Irish Nationalist leader
Date   1918-1920
Topic   St. Patrick's Day message; Memorial address Terence MacSwiney; [No the Irish do not hate England]
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Thomas E. Dewey
Identification   U.S. special prosecutor
Date   November 2, 1937
Topic   Wins election to New York district attorney's office
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Thomas E. Dewey
Identification   Republican presidential candidate
Date   November 6, 1944
Topic   Speaks on election eve
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Thomas E. Dewey
Identification   New York Governor
Date   November 3, 1948
Topic   Concedes the 1948 presidential election to Harry Truman, despite what The Chicago Tribune reported
Decade   1940
URL   Web site

Name   Pierson Dixon
Identification   British ambassador to the U.N.
Date   October 31, 1956
Topic   On the Suez Canal Crisis
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   William O. Douglas
Identification   U.S. Supreme Court justice
Date  
Topic   On the Supreme Court
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   William O. Douglas
Identification   U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Date   December 20, 1961
Topic   Interview with Associate Justice William O. Douglas (part 1 of 18)
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   John Foster Dulles
Identification   U.S. secretary of state
Date   May 7, 1954
Topic   On the fall of Dien Bien Phu
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   John Foster Dulles
Identification   U.S. secretary of state
Date   February 24, 1956
Topic   On the trouble in Egypt
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   John Foster Dulles
Identification   Secretary of State
Date   May 7, 1954
Topic   On the Fall of Dien Bien Phu
Decade   1950
URL   Web site

Name   Leo Durocher
Identification   baseball manager
Date   1955
Topic   Quits the New York Giants
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Thomas F. Eagleton
Identification   U.S. senator of Missouri
Date   July 31, 1972
Topic   Withdraws his nomination for the vice presidency
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Amelia Earhart
Identification   American aviator
Date   1935
Topic   On the future of women in flying
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Amelia Earhart
Identification   Pilot
Date   February, 1931
Topic   On the Future of Women in Flying
Decade   1930
URL   Web site

Name   Abba Eban
Identification   Israeli foreign minister
Date   October 6, 1973
Topic   On the Yom Kippur War
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Thomas Edison
Identification   American inventor
Date  
Topic   On the development of electricity
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   King Edward VIII
Identification   king of Great Britain and Ireland
Date   December 11, 1936
Topic   Announces his abdication
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Albert Einstein
Identification   Physicist
Date  
Topic   Calls for an end to atomic proliferation
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   supreme Allied commander
Date   June 5, 1944
Topic   Broadcasts D-Day invasion order
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   July 27, 1953
Topic   Announces the signing of the Korean War armistice
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   May 4, 1955
Topic   On the Salk polio vaccine
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   October 31, 1956
Topic   On the Suez Canal Crisis
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   February 20, 1957
Topic   On the Middle East
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   January 3, 1959
Topic   Proclaims Alaska the 49th state
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   May 16, 1959
Topic   On the second Berlin crisis
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   August 21, 1959
Topic   Proclaims Hawaii the 50th state
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   September 15, 1959
Topic   Welcomes Soviet Premier Khrushchev to the U.S.
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   May 20, 1960
Topic   Returns from canceled four-powers summit meeting
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   thirty-fourth U.S. president
Date   January 17, 1961
Topic   Delivers farewell address
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   former U.S. president
Date   November 17, 1962
Topic   Dedicates Dulles International Airport
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   former U.S. president
Date   July 13, 1964
Topic   On the imperatives for world peace
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Identification   President
Date   August 23, 1956
Topic   Republican Convention Address
Decade   1950
URL   Web site

Name   Anwar el-Sadat
Identification   Egyptian president
Date   November 5, 1975
Topic   Addresses Congress
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Anwar el-Sadat
Identification   Egyptian president
Date   November 20, 1977
Topic   Addresses the Israeli parliament
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   An Eyewitness
Identification   Eyewitness observer
Date   May 18, 1970
Topic   Gives account of Kent State incident
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Orval E. Faubus
Identification   governor of Arkansas
Date   September 2, 1957
Topic   On his use of the National Guard to prevent integration
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Thomas Ferebee
Identification   Major (the Enola Gay's bombardier)
Date   August 6, 1945
Topic  
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Marlin Fitzwater
Identification   White House press secretary
Date   December 20, 1989
Topic   Announces the U.S. invasion of Panama
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Gerald R. Ford
Identification   thirty-eighth U.S. president
Date   December 2, 1974
Topic   On the nation's economic woes
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Gerald R. Ford
Identification   thirty-eighth U.S. president
Date   April 21, 1975
Topic   On the resignation of South Vietnam's president
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Lee De Forest
Identification   American inventor
Date   September 22, 1939
Topic   On his contribution to radio
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Alan Freed
Identification   radio disc jockey
Date   November 21, 1959
Topic   Ends final broadcast
Decade   1950s
URL   Web site

Name   Mohandas Gandhi
Identification   Indian independence leader
Date   August 29, 1931
Topic   Speaks to press upon arrival in London
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Mohandas Gandhi
Identification   Indian independence leader
Date  
Topic   On his religious beliefs
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   Charles De Gaulle
Identification   Free French general
Date   July 14, 1941
Topic   Urges America to join the Allies
Decade   1940s
URL   Web site

Name   Lou Gehrig
Identification   baseball player
Date   July 4, 1939
Topic   Bids farewell to fans
Decade   1930s
URL   Web site

Name   James W. Gerard
Identification   former U.S. ambassador to Germany
Date   November 25, 1917
Topic   On the German-American peril
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   James W. Gerard
Identification   Ambassador
Date   1918-1920
Topic   Loyalty; America Safe
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   James W. Gerard
Identification   Former Ambassador to Germany
Date  
Topic   Message to German-Americans
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   James W. Gerard
Identification   Former Ambassador to Germany
Date  
Topic   "America Safe!"
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Newt Gingrich
Identification   speaker of the House
Date   January 4, 1995
Topic   Addresses the 104th Congress
Decade   1990s
URL   Web site

Name   John Glenn
Identification   U.S. astronaut
Date   March 1, 1962
Topic   Speaks at tickertape parade held in his honor
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   John Glenn
Identification   U.S. astronaut
Date   January 2, 1964
Topic   Announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Arthur Goldberg
Identification   Secretary of Labor
Date   October 19, 1961
Topic   Interview Speaker: Arthur J Goldberg
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Barry Goldwater
Identification   U.S. Senator of Arizona
Date   July 17, 1964
Topic   Accepts the Republican nomination for president
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Barry Goldwater
Identification   U.S. senator of Arizona
Date   January 3, 1964
Topic   Announces his candidacy for the presidency
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Barry Goldwater
Identification   U.S. senator of Arizona
Date   Fall, 1964
Topic   Campaigns for presidency
Decade   1960s
URL   Web site

Name   Samuel Gompers
Identification   American Federation of Labor president
Date   1917
Topic   Pledges labor's support for the WWI effort
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Samuel Gompers
Identification   Head, American Federation of Labor
Date   1918-1920
Topic   Labor's Service to Freedom
Decade   1910s
URL   Web site

Name   Samuel Gompers
Identification  
Date  
Topic   On WWI
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Mikhail Gorbachev
Identification   Soviet leader
Date   December 6, 1988
Topic   Speaks to press upon arrival in U.S.
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Germaine Greer
Identification   Australian feminist and author
Date   April, 1971
Topic   Speaks during U.S. book tour
Decade   1970s
URL   Web site

Name   Grenada Radio
Identification   News agency
Date   October 25, 1983
Topic   Announces U.S. invasion of Grenada
Decade   1980s
URL   Web site

Name   Dag Hammarskjöld
Identification   U.N. secretary general
Date  
Topic   On the need for international reconciliation
Decade  
URL   Web site

Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification   U.S. Senator of Ohio and Republican Presidential Candidate
Date   1918-1920
Topic   The Republic Must Awaken; Americanism; An Association of Nations; Readjustment; Nationalism and Americanism; League of Nations; The American Soldier; Liberty under the Law
Decade   1910s
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification   Senator
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Topic   "The Republic Must Awaken"
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification   Senator
Date  
Topic   "League of Nations"
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   July 29, 1920
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Decade   1920
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   August 6, 1920
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Decade   1920
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   August 6, 1920
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Decade   1920
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   On Americanism
Decade   1920
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   On Americanism
Decade   1920
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   On Nationalism and America
Decade   1920
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Name   Warren G. Harding
Identification  
Date   1920
Topic   Republican Candidate for President
Decade   1920
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Name   Benjamin Harrison
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Date  
Topic  
Decade   1880
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Name   Will H. Hayes
Identification   Chairman, Republican National Committee
Date   1918-1920
Topic   Citizenship
Decade   1910s
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Name   Anita Hill
Identification   law professor
Date   October 11, 1991
Topic   Accuses Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment
Decade   1990s
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Name   Emperor Hirohito
Identification   emperor of Japan
Date   September 27, 1971
Topic   Visits the United States
Decade   1970s
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Name   Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Identification   U.S. Senator
Date   1918-1920
Topic   The Trouble with Senators Who Oppose the League of Nations
Decade   1910s
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Name   Adolf Hitler
Identification   leader of Nazi Germany
Date   September 26, 1938
Topic   On the Sudetenland Crisis
Decade   1930s
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Name   Jimmy Hoffa
Identification   U.S. labor leader
Date   December 23, 1971
Topic   Pardoned by Nixon, he speaks on former prison life
Decade   1970s
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Name   Oliver Wendell Holmes
Identification   Supreme Court justice
Date   July 3, 1931
Topic   On his life and work
Decade   1930s
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Name   Darlington Hoopes
Identification   Socialist vice presidential candidate
Date   October 13, 1944
Topic   On social justice
Decade   1940s
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Name   Herbert Hoover
Identification   thirty-first U.S. president
Date   June 16, 1932
Topic   Accepts Republican presidential nomination
Decade   1930s
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Name   Herbert Hoover
Identification   thirty-first U.S. president
Date   August 11, 1932
Topic   Campaigns for presidency
Decade   1930s
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Name   Herbert Hoover
Identification   former U.S. president
Date   July 6, 1939
Topic   Urges U.S. neutrality in European conflicts
Decade   1930s
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Name   J. Edgar Hoover
Identification   FBI director
Date   September 23, 1940
Topic   On the opponents of war preparedness
Decade   1940s
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Name   Herbert Hoover
Identification  
Date   1932
Topic   Political Rally
Decade   1930
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Name   Herbert Hoover
Identification  
Date   October 18, 1931
Topic  
Decade   1930
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Name   Howard Hughes
Identification   American aviator and manufacturer
Date   July 21, 1938
Topic   On the future of aviation
Decade   1930s
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Name   Cordell Hull
Identification   U.S. secretary of state
Date   October 26, 1940
Topic   On the need for a strong national defense
Decade   1940s
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Name   Hubert H. Humphrey
Identification   U.S. vice president
Date   April 27, 1968
Topic   Announces his candidacy for the presidency
Decade   1960s
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Name   Harold L. Ickes
Identification   U.S. secretary of the interior
Date   September 30, 1935
Topic   Dedicates Hoover Dam
Decade   1930s
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Name   Harold L. Ickes and Marian Anderson
Identification   U.S. secretary of the interior and American opera singer
Date   April 9, 1939
Topic   Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial
Decade   1930s
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Name   Henry M. Jackson
Identification   U.S. representative of Wisconsin
Date   February 1, 1950
Topic   On Truman's decision to build the H-bomb
Decade   1950s
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Name   Jesse Jackson
Identification   presidential candidate
Date   July 17, 1984
Topic   Addresses the Democratic National Convention
Decade   1980s
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Name   Jesse Jackson
Identification   presidential candidate
Date   January 16, 1984
Topic   Launches campaign for President, Philadelphia, Ennsylvania
Decade   1980s
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Name   John J. John J. Pershing
Identification   American general
Date   April 4, 1918
Topic   Addresses the United States from France
Decade   1910s
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Name   Pope John Paul II
Identification   Pope
Date   October 5, 1959
Topic   Addresses the U.N. General Assembly
Decade   1950s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   Senate majority leader
Date   July 5, 1960
Topic   Announces candidacy for the presidency
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   November 23, 1963
Topic   On the assassination of President Kennedy
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   July 2, 1964
Topic   Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   December 18, 1964
Topic   Proposes new canal across Central America
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   January 28, 1965
Topic   Delivers State of the Union address
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   July 30, 1965
Topic   Signs Medicare bill into law
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   March 31, 1968
Topic   Announces he will not seek reelection
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   April 5, 1968
Topic   On the assassination of Martin Luther King
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   thirty-sixth U.S. president
Date   May 3, 1968
Topic   Announces the beginning of Vietnam peace talks
Decade   1960s
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   President
Date   April 4, 1968
Topic   On the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Decade   1960
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Name   Lyndon B. Johnson
Identification   President
Date   March 31, 1968
Topic   In an address to the nation, announces he will not seek re-election
Decade   1960
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Name   Barbara Jordan
Identification   U.S. representative of Texas
Date   July 12, 1976
Topic   Delivers keynote address to Democratic National Convention
Decade   1970s
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Name   Barbara Jordan
Identification   U.S. Representative from Texas
Date   July 25, 1974
Topic