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Announcement of Hitler's death, 1945

Posted by neil on November 21, 2010
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BBC radio announcement of Hitler's death in April, 1945. "This is London calling. Here is a news flash. The German radio has just announced that Hitler is dead. I repeat that, the German radio has just announced that Hitler is dead."
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Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941

Posted by neil on February 10, 2011
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a surprise attack against the United States' naval base by the Japanese navy, on the morning of December 7, 1941, resulting in the United States becoming involved in World War II. Two aerial attack waves, totaling 353 aircraft, launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers.
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President Reagan, Berlin Wall Speech

Posted by neil on November 21, 2010
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June 12th, 1987
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Churchill, "Iron Curtain" speech, 1946.

Posted by neil on February 10, 2011
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Churchill gave his "Sinews of Peace" address on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, 1938

Posted by neil on October 28, 2010
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This was an episode of the American radio drama series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed on October 30, 1938 and aired on the CBS radio network. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.
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Apollo 11 moon landing, July 21st, 1969.

Posted by LondonBob on November 10, 2010
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The Apollo 11 mission was the first to land on the Moon. Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969 and carried Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
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J.F.Kennedy speech about Cuban missile crisis

Posted by neil on November 21, 2010
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(First:) To halt this offensive buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated. All ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port will, if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers.
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My Father's Father's Job

Posted by neil on November 21, 2010
My father, Joseph, talks about his father's working life, working in an engineering factory in Enniscorthy in the 1930s and 1940s. Recording Date: June 23rd, 2008.
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Martin Luther King "I have a dream..." speech

Posted by LondonBob on November 21, 2010
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King delivered the speech on August 28, 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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