The keynote speaker at the 1980 Democratic convention in New York was the man who had hoped to get the nomination for president, Senator Ted Kennedy o...
President Kennedy delivering the address. At 7 p.m. on Monday, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy appeared on television to i...
In this 1962 speech given at Rice University in Houston, Texas, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed America's commitment to landing a man on the ...
On a frigid Winter's day, January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office as the 35th President of the United States. At age 43,...
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce (1840?-1904) was known to his people as "Thunder Traveling to the Loftier Mountain Heights." He led his people...
President Johnson speaking from the Oval Office.On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned the world with his surprise announcement that h...
In this very eloquent speech to the full Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson used the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African-Am...
This remarkable speech was delivered during an "I am an American" day meeting in New York's Central Park by Harold Ickes, President Fran...
Following the Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773, in which American Colonists dumped 342 containers of tea into the Boston harbor, the British Parliament...
On Tuesday, November 7, 2000, a presidential election was held featuring Democratic candidate, Vice President Al Gore, versus Republican candidate, Ge...