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1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute

1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words

1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1974 "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances

1974 "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances

1970 "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV

1968 Sacharov publishes "Manifest of 10,000 words"

1968 "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague

1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague

1967 Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words

1966 Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist, Extreme-More Than Words

1963 Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words

1961 Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words

1957 William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89

1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge

1940 Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59

1937 George Carlin, Bronx, comedian, 7 dirty words, AM and FM, Carwash

1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)

1920 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US

1912 Jerry Jerome, born in Brooklyn, New York, saxophonist, Words and Music

1908 Theodore Roethke, U.S., poet, Words for the Wind

1841 Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison

1793 Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words)



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