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First Greatest televised presidential addresses-A day where television reporting is widespread, it's hard to think back to a time when it was a new method of reaching the public, First TV made in 1926. In honor of the 60th anniversary of President Harry S Truman first coast-to-coast live broadcast, we take a look at his and other notable, televised speeches.
Date: Sept. 4, 1951
Topic: Treaty officially ending World War II
The details: Speaking at a San Francisco conference, President Harry S. Truman accepted a treaty, Multilateral Treaty of Peace with Japan , that led to peace with Japan officially. The speech was broadcasted using microwave technology for television to 87 stations in 47 cities across the nation.
President Truman born Lamar, Missouri
President truman Multilateral Treaty of Peace 1951 HuntleyFilmArchives
Date: Jan. 17, 1961
President Truman
Date: Sept. 4, 1951President Truman
Topic: Treaty officially ending World War II
The details: Speaking at a San Francisco conference, President Harry S. Truman accepted a treaty, Multilateral Treaty of Peace with Japan , that led to peace with Japan officially. The speech was broadcasted using microwave technology for television to 87 stations in 47 cities across the nation.
President Truman born Lamar, Missouri
President truman Multilateral Treaty of Peace 1951 HuntleyFilmArchives
President Eisenhower
Date: Jan. 17, 1961President Eisenhower
Topic: Eisenhower's farewell address
With a speech in which he warned the public about the "military-industrial complex", President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his parting address, after two terms in office. The former World War II hero spoke from the White House's Oval Office.
In 1948, President Eisenhower became president of what Ivy League university
President Eisenhower's farewell address
Date: Oct. 22, 1962
Topic: Cuban Missile Crisis
President John F. Kennedy spoke to the nation about nuclear missile sites discovered in Cuba and how the U.S. was planning to stop the Soviet Union from bringing more military supplies into the island country. After a short, tense naval blockade of Cuba, the U.S. and Soviet Union reached an agreement, Soviet Union remove missiles from Cuba & U.S. remove missiles from Turkey and not invade Cuba , to end the dispute.
Date: March 15, 1965
Topic: American civil rights movement
A week after the death of minister and civil rights activist James J. Reeb in Selma, Alabama, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to Congress and the American public. Five months after the address, LBJ signed this act, Voting Rights Act of 1965 , demolishing discriminatory voting practices such as literary tests and poll taxes. Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in on air force one
President Johnson's We Shall Overcome speech
Date: Aug. 8, 1974
With a speech in which he warned the public about the "military-industrial complex", President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his parting address, after two terms in office. The former World War II hero spoke from the White House's Oval Office.
In 1948, President Eisenhower became president of what Ivy League university
President Eisenhower's farewell address
President Kennedy
Date: Oct. 22, 1962President Kennedy
Topic: Cuban Missile Crisis
President John F. Kennedy spoke to the nation about nuclear missile sites discovered in Cuba and how the U.S. was planning to stop the Soviet Union from bringing more military supplies into the island country. After a short, tense naval blockade of Cuba, the U.S. and Soviet Union reached an agreement, Soviet Union remove missiles from Cuba & U.S. remove missiles from Turkey and not invade Cuba , to end the dispute.
President Johnson
Date: March 15, 1965President Johnson
Topic: American civil rights movement
A week after the death of minister and civil rights activist James J. Reeb in Selma, Alabama, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to Congress and the American public. Five months after the address, LBJ signed this act, Voting Rights Act of 1965 , demolishing discriminatory voting practices such as literary tests and poll taxes. Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in on air force one
President Johnson's We Shall Overcome speech
President Nixon
Date: Aug. 8, 1974President Nixon
Topic: His resignation from office, Nixon resignation
President Richard Nixon announced on national television that he was resigning as U.S. president. His resignation came after a political scandal, Watergate scandal , tainted his presidency.
U.S. presidents resigned, +Richard Nixon only president to resign
Date: August 9, 1974
Topic: His remarks after being sworn-in, +president ford’s inaugural speech
It was a day that marked the beginning and end of two presidential careers. Following Richard Nixon's resignation, Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. He said this famous line, "Our Long National Nightmare is Over" Gerald Ford , in his remarks after taking the oath of office.
Date: July 15, 1979
Topic: The energy crisis, energy crisis 1970s , and the nation's "crisis of confidence", +jimmy Carter crisis of confidence speech
In this televised address, President Jimmy Carter encouraged each American to conserve energy as "an act of patriotism." His speech is also referred to as the "malaise" speech, although the term was never included in the address. Nobel Peace Prize , President Carter's Crisis of Confidence speech
Date: June 12, 1987
Topic: Freedom and prosperity for the Eastern Bloc, Reagan freedom prosperity eastern bloc
In his speech commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, Germany at the Brandenburg Gate, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev with this famous line, "Tear down this wall".
Reagan's first wife Jane Wyman
Real name: Sarah Jane Mayfield
Date of birth: January 5, 1917
Date of death: September 10, 2007
Occupation: Actor
Date: Sept. 11, 2001
Topic: The 9/11 attacks, September 11 attacks
President George W. Bush addressed the nation following the terrorist attacks in Washington D.C. and New York City. This line, A great people has been moved to defend a great nation , from his speech stood out to many following the address.
Bush's two daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush
Beorge bush 9/11 address
Date: January 20, 2009
Topic: Inaugural Address, Obama inaugural address
Barack Obama, the United States’ first African-American president, moved listeners with his inaugural address. A record number of people attended the event, Barack Obama worked at Baskin Robbins, 1.8 milllion people attended Obama's inauguration. Barack Obama worked at Baskin Robbins
President Richard Nixon announced on national television that he was resigning as U.S. president. His resignation came after a political scandal, Watergate scandal , tainted his presidency.
U.S. presidents resigned, +Richard Nixon only president to resign
President Ford
Date: August 9, 1974President Ford
Topic: His remarks after being sworn-in, +president ford’s inaugural speech
It was a day that marked the beginning and end of two presidential careers. Following Richard Nixon's resignation, Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. He said this famous line, "Our Long National Nightmare is Over" Gerald Ford , in his remarks after taking the oath of office.
President Carter
Date: July 15, 1979President Carter
Topic: The energy crisis, energy crisis 1970s , and the nation's "crisis of confidence", +jimmy Carter crisis of confidence speech
In this televised address, President Jimmy Carter encouraged each American to conserve energy as "an act of patriotism." His speech is also referred to as the "malaise" speech, although the term was never included in the address. Nobel Peace Prize , President Carter's Crisis of Confidence speech
President Reagan
Date: June 12, 1987President Reagan
Topic: Freedom and prosperity for the Eastern Bloc, Reagan freedom prosperity eastern bloc
In his speech commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, Germany at the Brandenburg Gate, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev with this famous line, "Tear down this wall".
Reagan's first wife Jane Wyman
Real name: Sarah Jane Mayfield
Date of birth: January 5, 1917
Date of death: September 10, 2007
Occupation: Actor
President Bush
Date: Sept. 11, 2001President Bush
Topic: The 9/11 attacks, September 11 attacks
President George W. Bush addressed the nation following the terrorist attacks in Washington D.C. and New York City. This line, A great people has been moved to defend a great nation , from his speech stood out to many following the address.
Bush's two daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush
Beorge bush 9/11 address
President Obama
Date: January 20, 2009President Obama
Topic: Inaugural Address, Obama inaugural address
Barack Obama, the United States’ first African-American president, moved listeners with his inaugural address. A record number of people attended the event, Barack Obama worked at Baskin Robbins, 1.8 milllion people attended Obama's inauguration. Barack Obama worked at Baskin Robbins
