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1599: St Crispin's Day Speech by William Shakespeare as part of his history play Henry V has been famously portrayed by Laurence Olivier to raise British spirits during the Second World War, and by Kenneth Branagh in the 1989 film Henry V, and it made famous the phrase "band of brothers".
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The Warsaw Yiddish newspaper Haynt discussed the speech in several issues beginning on 31 January, but did not emphasize the prophecy. On 31 January, it printed the main points of the speech without mentioning the prophecy; in an analysis of the speech published the next day, Moshe Yustman discussed appeasement and other foreign policy issues. [25]
Here are 10 of the most shocking speeches that have been made at the Golden Globes throughout the years, from Bette Midler to Robin Williams.
Moon landing, Beatles, among other impactful moments LOS ANGELES (AP) — The moon landing, the Beatles’ first appearance on American TV and […] The post MLK speech one of TV’s 75 most ...
Martin Luther King Jr. at the podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963. The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded and await rediscovery.
All in all it may go down as the most relatable speech in Academy Awards history. Adrien Brody’s Cringeworthy Kiss Adrien Brody accepts the Oscar for Best Actor for The Pianist , at the 75th ...
Hitler's prophecy speech of 30 January 1939. From his first speech in 1919 in Munich until the last speech in February 1945, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, gave a total of 1525 speeches. In 1932, for the campaign of presidential and two federal elections that year he gave the most speeches, that is 241. Not all have ...