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    The advent of broadcasting and recording technology in the early 20th century meant that historic events could be documented, preserved, and shared forevermore as no previous 100 years in history. Now, on Rhino’s three-CD Great Moments Of The 20th Century box set, nearly 200 audio clips of the century’s most important events come alive again, from Marconi’s first transatlantic radio transmission in December 1901 to the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square on December 31, 1999. Each disc combines newsworthy political and economic events with insightful pop-culture developments to provide an entertaining and educational view of the last 100 years. The accompanying 102-page booklet includes informative essays for each decade, a time line, and a detailed track-by-track commentary.

    Great Moments Of The 20th Century (Boxed Set) (CD)

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    • Released on 08/15/2000
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    Inventor Marconi Talks About Sending The First Transatlantic Radio Transmission
          
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    The Double-Sided Record, New From The Columbia Graphophone Company, Offers Improved Sound And Durabi
          
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    Inventor Thomas Edison Announces The Age Of Electricity
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    Commander Robert E. Peary Expounds On The Allure Of Arctic Exploration
          
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    Survivor Gives Harrowing Account Of The R.M.S. Titanic Disaster
          
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    Presidential Candidate Woodrow Wilson Makes The Case For A Living Wage
          
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    British Member Of Parliament Horatio Bottomly Asserts That "We Are Witnessing That Great Armageddon"
          
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    American Federation Of Labor President Samuel Gompers Explains U.S. Efforts In World War I
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    Commander Of American Expeditionary Forces In France, General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing Asks For Su
          
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    Former Ambassador To Germany James Gerard Challenges German-Americans' Loyalty In The Face Of Confli
          
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    An Explanation Of Inventor Lee De Forest's Principles Of "Talking Film"
          
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    Attorney Clarence Darrow Proclaims, "The Real Cause Of Crime Is Poverty, Ignorance, Hard Luck, And G
          
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    Humorist Will Rogers Muses On His Entry In The Congressional Record
          
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    Aviator Charles Lindbergh Reflects On His First-Ever Transatlantic Flight
          
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    As The Threat Of War Once Again Looms Over Europe, Winston Churchill Asks, "What Are We To Do?"
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    Expatriate Author Henry Miller Reads From His Controversial Book "Tropic Of Cancer"
          
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    Louisiana Senator Huey Long Criticizes The Current Roosevelt Administration
          
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    Indian Leader Mohandas Gandhi Shares His Beliefs
          
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits Dust Bowl States And Vows To Save The American Farming Family
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    Physicist Albert Einstein Asserts That Modern Man Is Detached From The World Because Of Technology
          
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    King Edward VIII Announces His Abdication Of The Throne And Declares Allegiance To His Brother, King
          
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    News Coverage Of The Hindenburg Airship Disaster
          
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    "The Man And The Mouse": Mickey Mouse Turns 10 Years Old
          
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    Civil Rights Activist Asa Philip Randolph Pleas For Social And Racial Justice
          
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    Aviator Howard Hughes And Crew Successfully Complete World's First Transglobal Flight
          
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    Sigmund Freud Discusses Psychoanalysis
          
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    Dramatist And Critic George Bernard Shaw Defines The Pacifist Movement
          
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorates The Nations Of The World At New York World's Fair
          
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    Author Margaret Mitchell Expresses Gratitude Over Winning Pulitzer Prize For "Gone With The Wind"
          
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    Broadcaster Edward R. Murrow Reports Plans For The Evacuation Of Children From London
          
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    Nazi Germany Mounts Blitzkrieg Invasio Of Poland
          
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    Nazi Germany Denies Aggression Toward Poland, Claiming Self
          
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    British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Declares A State Of War
          
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    German Chancellor Adolf Hitler Condemns Polish Aggression Towards Germans
          
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    Italian Fascist Leader Benito Mussolini Declares War On The Allied Powers
          
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    American Journalist William L. Shirer Reports On French Armistice Signing
          
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    Labor Leader John L. Lewis Supports Wendell Willkie For President
          
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Announces The First Peacetime Draft Lottery
          
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares War On Japan
          
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    Mayor Fiorello Laguardia Publicizes The New Convenient New York
          
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    Announcement Of Allied Invasion Of North Africa
          
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Reports The Allied Armies' Liberation Of Rome
          
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    First Allied Planes Leave England, Leading "D-Day" Invasion
          
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    Report Of U.S. Flag Raised Over Island Of Iwo Jima
          
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    Announcement Of Allied Forces Crossing The Rhine River
          
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    Report Of German Army's Unconditional Surrender In Italy
          
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    Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide
          
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    "V-E Day" Report Of German Surrender Ending The War In Europe
          
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    "V-E Day" Celebration In Times Square, New York City
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    President Harry Truman Signs The United Nations Charter
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    Report Of The U.S. Having Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima
          
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    "V-J Day" Report Of Japanese Surrender Ending The War In The Pacific
          
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    British Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill Declares Eastern Europe Behind An "Iron Curtain"
          
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    U.S. Census Reveals Postwar Infant Population Boom
          
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    Secretart Of State George C. Marshall Announces Plan To Revitalize Postwar European Economy
          
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    Soviet Blockade Of Berlin Thwarted By U.S. Air Force Efforts
          
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    United Nations Representative Abba Eban Comments On Israel's Nationhood
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    President Harry Truman Mocks Naysayer Journalists In Election Victory Speech
          
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    White House Issues Statement That Soviet Union Has Atomic Bomb
          
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    Bobby Thompson Secures New York Giants' National League Pennant Win With Game-Clinching Home Run
          
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    Baseball Great Joe DiMaggio Announces His Retirement
          
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    Vice-Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon Defends Himself Against Allegations Of Mishandled Campa
          
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    Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin Dies At Age 73
          
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    Atomic Bomb Testing Continues
          
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    Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II Of Great Britain
          
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    Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Are Denied Clemency
          
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    President Dwight D. Eisenhower Officially Announces End To Korean Conflict
          
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    Author Ray Bradbury Provides More Positive Outlook On Future Than His Book Fahrenheit 451 Suggests
          
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    President Dwight D. Eisenhower Assures There Will Be Further Development Of Polio Vaccine
          
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    Congressmen Provide Conflicting Viewpoints On School Desegregation
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    Senator Joseph McCarthy Presides At House Un-American Activities Committee Hearings
          
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    New York Giants Manager Leo Durocher States Strong Leadership Is A Baseball Team's Top Asset
          
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    Author Ernest Hemmingway Delivers Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
          
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    Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed At The Top Of His Form Hosting "The Moondog Show"
          
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    Ensure Your Safety With The Purchase Of This Nuclear Survival Course Record Album - Supplies Are Lim
          
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    James Dean Discusses His Craft On The Set Of "Rebel Without A Cause"
          
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    Music Experts Squabble Over Meaning Of Rock 'N' Roll
          
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    Yankees Pitcher Do Larsen Delivers First "Perfect Game" In World Series History
          
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    Hungarian Revolt Crushed By Soviets
          
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    What Do We Know About Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro?
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    Althea Gibson Becomes First Black Athlete To Win Wimbledon Tennis Championship
          
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    President Dweight D. Eisenhower Denounces Arkansas Efforts To Enforce School Segregation
          
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    Black Politician Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Speaks Out On Notion Of Freedom
          
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    United States Successfully Launches First Orbiting Satellite, Explorer I
          
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    Author Lorraine Hansberry Discusses Her Play "A Raisin In The Sun"
          
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    Nasa Introduces First Seven "Astronauts" For Project Mercury
          
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    Cuban Premier Fidel Castro Vists U.S. For First Time
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    Author Allen Ginsberg And Anthropologist Margaret Mead Discuss Origins Of The Term "Beat Generation"
          
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    Presidential Candidates John F. Kennedy And Richard M. Nixon Square Off In Televised Debate
          
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    President-Elect John F. Kennedy Wins Narrow-Margin Victory
          
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    President Dwight D. Eisenhower Delivers "Military Industrial Complex" Farewell Speech
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    President John F. Kennedy Addresses Nation With Inaugural Speech
          
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    Bay Of Pigs Invasion Denounced At United Nations Address
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    Federal Communication Commission Chairman Newton Minow Decries Television As A "Vast Wasteland"
          
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    The Birth Of The Berlin Wall
          
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    Launch Of Telstar Satellite Ushers In Age Of High-Speed Communication Technology
          
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    Author John Steinbeck Discusses Winning Nobel Prize For Literature
          
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    Debut Of World's First Talking/Singing Computer
          
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    President John F. Kennedy Visits The Berlin Wall And Rallies Anti-Communist Support
          
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    President John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated
          
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    JFK Assassination Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald Is Shot
          
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    North Vietnamese Vessels Attack U.S. Navy In Gulf Of Tonkin
          
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    Activist Mario Savio Speaks Out On UC Berkeley "Educational Tyranny"
          
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    Reports Confirm Soviet Communist Party Personnel Shake-Up
          
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    Activist Whitney Young Talks In Selma, Alabama, On The Importance Of The Black Vote
          
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    Racial Violence Breaks Out In Watts District Of Los Angeles
          
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    Vietnamese Radio Propaganda Queen "Hanoi Hannah" Broadcasts To U.S. Troops
          
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    Dr. Christiaan Barnard Performs First Human Heart Transplant
          
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    Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir Articulates Israel's Need For Peace
          
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    Senator Robert Kennedy Announces Presidential Candidacy
          
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    President Lyndon B. Johnson Declines Nomination For Reelection
          
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    Martin Luther King, Jr., Stirs Memphis Audience With "Mountain Top" Speech
          
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    Senator Robert Kennedy Is Assassinated
          
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    Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia
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    Riots Break Out At 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
          
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    Apollo 8 Astronauts Conduct Christmas Eve Broadcast
          
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    Mickey Mantle Gives A Farewell Speech To Yankees Fans
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    Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Broadcasts Man's First Steps On Moon
          
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    Beatle Paul McCartney Refutes Rumors Of His Death
          
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    Thousands Of Protesters Show Support On Vietnam Moratorium Day
          
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    Vice President Spiro Agnew Lashes Out Against "The Media Elite"
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    Commander James A. Lovell, Jr., Reports From Apollo 13: "Houston, We've Had A Problem"
          
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    National Voting Age Is Lowered To 18
          
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    New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug Testimonial On The Equal Rights Amendment
          
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    National Organization Of Women Founder Betty Friedan Speaks Out During The "Women's Strike For Equal
          
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    President Richard Nixon Announces Plans To Visit Communist China
          
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    Future British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Cites The Ability Of Women To Succeed In Government
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    United Nations Officially Recognizes People's Republic Of China
          
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    Governor Ronald Reagan Views George Wallace Assassination Attempt As Outgrowth Of Hatred In America
          
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    Olympic Athletes Are Taken Hostage In Munich
          
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    Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Announces "Peace Is At Hand" In Vietnam
          
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    Supreme Court Decision Legalizes Abortion In Roe v. Wade
          
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    Members Of American Indian Movement Take Over Wounded Knee, South Dakota
          
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    Dispute At White House Over Release Of Watergate Tapes
          
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    President Richard Nixon Concedes "One Can Only Be Angry With Those He Respects"
          
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    President Richard Nixon's Resignation: "I Have Never Been A Quitter"
          
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    President Richard Nixon Bids Farewell To His White House Staff
          
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    President Gerald Ford Gives Inaugural Speech
          
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    South Vietnam Surrenders To Vietcong
          
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    Exiled Russian Novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Addresses Harvard Graduating Class
          
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    Astronaut Thomas Stafford And Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov Seal Joint Mission With Handshake In Space
          
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    Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat Gives Goodwill Addreess To Congress
          
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    Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Becomes First Black Woman To Deliver The Keynote Address At The Democra
          
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    Viking I Travels 500 Million Miles To Land On Mars
          
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    Former Beatle John Lennon Finally Wins Residency Status In U.S.
          
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    Outbreak Of Legionnaire's Disease
          
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    Space Shuttle Enterprise Passes First Flight Test
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    Elvis Presley Dies At 42
          
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    The Observations Of San Francisco Politician Harvey Milk
          
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    Pope John Paul I Dies Suddenly
          
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    San Francisco Board Of Supervisors President Dianne Feinstein Discloses The Murders Of Mayor George
          
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    President Jimmy Carter Discusses Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty
          
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    Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh Advises Citzens Of Possible Radioactivity After Three Mile Isl
          
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    Entrepreneur Ted Turner Officially Inaugurates The Cable News Network
          
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    President Jimmy Carter Announces Release Of 52 American Hostages Held In Iran
          
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    Conflicting Announcement Of The Assassination Attempt On President Ronald Reagan
          
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    Assassin Wounds Pope John Paul II
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    President Ronald Reagan Lays Down The Law To Striking Air Traffic Controllers
          
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    Britain And Argentina At War Over Falkland Islands
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    Soviets Down Korean Airlines Flight 007
          
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    Report Of U.S. Invasion From Grenada
          
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    Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
          
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    President Ronald Reagan Denies Allegations Of Secret Deals With Iran
          
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    1988 Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Lloyd Bentsen To Republican Candidate Dan Quayle: "You'r
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    President Ronald Reagan Envisions "The Shining City"
          
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    Reports Of Chinese Government Response To Student Revolt From Tiananmen Square, Beijing
          
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    Operation Desert Storm Begins
          
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    Law Professor Anita Hill Testifies Against Judge Clarence Thomas In Senate Confirmation Hearings
          
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    Supreme Court Nominee Judge Clarence Thomas Gives His Testimony
          
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    Observations About the Rodney King Verdict And Ensuing Street Riots In Los Angeles
          
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    California State Senator Diane Watson Seeks Culpability For The Los Angeles Riots
          
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    Motorist Rodney King Implores: "Can We All Get Along?"
          
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    FBI Tactical Briefing Concerning The Branch Davidians' Compound In Waco, Texas
          
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    Nelson Mandela Speaks On Eve Of South Africa's Presidential Election
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    President Bill Clinton Condemns Bombing In Oklahoma City
          
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    Noa Ben-Artzi Philosof Gives Eulogy For Granfather Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
          
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    General Colin Powell Declines Bid For Presidency
          
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    Unabomber Suspect Theodore Kaczynski Is Apprehended
          
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    Richard Jewell Denies Being Responsible For The Bomb Explosion At The 1996 Summer Olympic Games In A
          
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    British Scientist Ian Wilmut Discusses Human Cloning
          
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    Britain Returns Conservatorship Of Hong Kong To China
          
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    Diana, Princess Of Wales, Dies In Car Crash
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    Linda Tripp Records Monica Lewinsky
          
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    President Bill Clinton Avows "I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky"
          
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    President Bill Clinton Testifies His Explanation Was "Legally Accurate"
          
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    Mark McGwire Breaks Roger Maris' Single-Season Home Run Record
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    U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Appeals For "Peace Over War" In Kosovo
          
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    U.S. Returns Conservatorship Of The Panama Canal Back To Panama
          
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    Record-Breaking Stock Exchange Frenzy Continues
          
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    President Bill Clinton Observes The Dawning Of The New Millenium
          
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    The Celebration Of New Year's Eve In Times Square
          
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