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2009: A New Beginning, a speech made by U.S. President Barack Obama which was designed to reframe relations between the Islamic world and the United States after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2025.
The longest Oscar speech was given by Adrien Brody at the 97th Academy Awards, after he was named Best Actor for The Brutalist (2024). His speech ran for 5 minutes and 40 seconds. [11] Brody's speech was ten seconds longer than the previous record holder Greer Garson, who was named Best Actress at the 15th Academy Awards for Mrs. Miniver (1942 ...
That was an achievement in itself, but Garson made history in another, more unexpected way that night. Her acceptance speech remains, to this day, the longest in the history of the Academy Awards.
Movie magic, Hollywood royalty dressed to the nines and speeches that go on way too long. When Greer Garson won Best Actress for the title role of Mrs. Miniver in 1943, the Academy Awards had not ...
☑️ Fact check: NBC News’ Jane C. Timm and Ben Kamisar looked into a series of claims Trump made during his speech on topics ranging from taxes to crime to foreign policy. Read more →
The Cooper Union speech or address, known at the time as the Cooper Institute speech, [1] was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on February 27, 1860, at Cooper Union, in New York City. Lincoln was not yet the Republican nominee for the presidency, as the convention was scheduled for May. It is considered one of his most important speeches.
President Trump frequently went off script in a wide-ranging speech at CPAC that ran more than two hours. Trump lets loose at conservative event in longest speech of his presidency Skip to main ...