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2003 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)

2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil'

1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress

1992 Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament

1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress

1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address United Nations General Assembly

1990 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address

1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House

1983 President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature

1982 President Reagan 1st United Nations Gen Assembly address, "evil empire" speech

1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset

1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof

1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address

1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act

1963 George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"

1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)

1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman

1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing"

1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address

1929 Ramsay MacDonald is 1st British premier to address U.S. Congress

1924 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)

1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)

1908 Carl Esmond, Vienna Austria, actor, Address Unknown, Hitler

1903 Carrie Nation attempts to address Senate

1895 Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address

1876 Sara Spencer (R) is 1st woman to address a U.S. presidential convention

1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score and 7 years..."

1863 Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address

1863 President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address

1850 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300

1796 George Washington's farewell address as president

1796 President George Washington delivers his farewell address

1790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4)

1790 President Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address

1783 Continental Army dissolved; George Washington's "Farewell Address"



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