2015 Event Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to U.S. Congress on his concerns with current negotiations to limit Iran's nuclear program, portraying the deal as dangerous; U.S. President Barack Obama dismissed the speech content as 'nothing new' 2013 Event Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi speech (to the City of Rome and to the World), a papal address and Apostolic Blessing dating back to Ancient Rome; the Pope calls for peace in Syria and South Sudan 2013 Event The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech is commemorated in the U.S. 2013 Event Former U.S. President Bill Clinton earns $500,000 for a speech given to honor Israel's President Shimon Peres 2013 Event In a speech directed at Japan's Self-Defense Forces, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, vows to defend the Senkaku Islands 2012 Event In his first political speech, marking the five-year anniversary of his mother's death, ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, vows to maintain democracy and fight militancy 2012 Event Queen Elizabeth II shares her Christmas Message with her Commonwealth subjects, referencing the 'humbling' experience of her diamond jubilee celebrations and the 2012 Summer Olympics;the speech is the first to be broadcast in 3D 2011 Event In a speech outside of Potala Palace, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping declares he will crush attempts for an Independent Tibet 2011 Event The U.S. Department of Justice admits and defends it has probed WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts, dismissing privacy and freedom of speech concerns 2010 Event In a Potsdam speech, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, claims multiculturalism has 'failed' in Germany 2010 Event In China, 23 elder members of the Communist Party of China call for ending the country's restrictions on free speech 1996 Death Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, dies of heart attack at 53 1993 Event Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech 1990 Event Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush 1990 Event Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq 1989 Event Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) 1987 Event Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City 1986 Event President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 1982 Event President Reagan 1st United Nations General Assembly address, "evil empire" speech 1980 Death Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 1978 Event Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1974 Event U.S. General George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series 1964 Event Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1963 Event Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1962 Event Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control 1960 Event Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1957 Event President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech 1957 Event Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" 1956 Event Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public 1952 Event Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech 1951 Event Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest 1946 Birthday Patricia K Kuhl, speech and hearing scientist 1946 Event Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri 1942 Birthday Mario Savio, born in New York, New York, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Sproul Plaza steps named Mario Savio Steps, taught mathematics, philosophy, logic at Sonoma State University 1941 Event FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear) 1939 Event Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech 1938 Event Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam 1935 Event Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) 1933 Event Curom, Curacaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech 1932 Event During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes 1932 Event Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech 1932 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech 1929 Birthday William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon 1928 Event Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler 1924 Event 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago 1922 Event Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech 1922 Birthday GMcC Kitson, British principal, Central School of Speech/Drama 1918 Event Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1915 Birthday Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1901 Event 1st advanced copy of inaugural speech (Jefferson-National Intelligencer) 1896 Event William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention 1871 Event Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates) 1869 Event Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 1869 Event John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress 1862 Event Bismarck's "Blood and Iron" speech 1858 Event Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1854 Event Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1841 Event Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 1824 Birthday Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center 1812 Event Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords 1793 Event Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) 1765 Event Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
