2013 Event Breaking with long-standing tradition among Russian heads of state, President Vladimir Putin delivered two New Year's speeches rather than one; he made his second stres from Khaborovsk, a city that experienced devastating floods this summer 2013 Event The 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address' considered one of the greatest political speeches, is commemorated in the U.S. on the battlefield and by the Library of Congress 2000 Death Robert Trout, radio Methuselah, ", coined the term ""fireside chat"" to describe FDR's informal speeches, ", dies at 91 1951 Event Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio 1940 Event German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches 1927 Event Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches
