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1880: Dostoyevsky's Pushkin Speech, a speech delivered by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in honour of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. 1890–1900s: Acres of Diamonds speeches by Temple University President Russell Conwell, the central idea of which was that the resources to achieve all good things were present in one's own community.
Iqbal's mother, Imam Bibi who died on 9 November 1914. Iqbal expressed his feeling of pathos in a poetic form after her death.. Iqbal was born on 9 November 1877 in a Punjabi-Kashmiri family [18] from Sialkot in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Pakistan). [19]
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam delivering a speech In his book India 2020 , Kalam strongly advocated an action plan to develop India into a "knowledge superpower" and a developed nation by 2020. He regarded his work on India's nuclear weapons programme as a way to assert India's place as a future superpower.
Charles Gage Van Riper (December 1, 1905 – September 25, 1994) was a renowned speech therapist who became internationally known as a pioneer in the development of speech pathology. [1] [2] A severe stutterer throughout his career, [3] he is described as having had the most influence of any speech-language pathologist in the field of ...
Mario Savio (December 8, 1942 – November 6, 1996) was an American activist and a key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement.He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "Bodies Upon the Gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964.
In 1961, Nkrumah delivered a speech called "I Speak Of Freedom". During this speech he talked about how "Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world". [271] He mentions how Africa is a land of "vast riches" with mineral resources from that "range from gold and diamonds to uranium and petroleum". [271]
After graduation, McCullough moved to New York City, where Sports Illustrated hired him as a trainee in 1956. [9] He later worked as an editor and writer for the United States Information Agency in Washington, D.C. [5] After working for twelve years in editing and writing, including a position at American Heritage, McCullough "felt that [he] had reached the point where [he] could attempt ...
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]