Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States (1929 to 1933). Hoover's speeches were filled with promises of continued prosperity; however, soon after his inauguration, the stock market crashed and an economic depression ensued.

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South America occupies the major southern portion of the landmass. Portuguese and Spanish are the most spoken languages in South America, Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation making it an important part of Brazilian national identity.

Reverend Al Sharpton speaks during a public memorial for the pop star Michael Jackson at Staples Center, Los Angeles. He lifted up the image of Jackson, in rousing, church-like sermon that took Michael Jackson back from the tabloid headlines.

The Green Goblin dishing out his greatest hits, misses, follies, and funnies!

President George W. Bush speech concerning the 911 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and on the Pentagon building in Washington D.C. that occurred on September 11, 2001. It was a difficult speech, delivered with emotion and conviction.

Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth president of the United States. Significant foreign policy accomplishments of his administration included the Panama Canal treaties and the Camp David Accords.

A selection of some of the significant speeches of President Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States who made some of the most crucial desicions in history.

How will the extraordinary mass protest against the Iranian Presidential announced election outcome end? Protests following the 2009 Iranian presidential election against alleged electoral fraud and in support of opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi are as of 21 June 2009 underway in Tehran and other major cities in Iran and around the world.

Douglas MacArthur was a brilliant commander who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. Listen to his Farewell Address to congress delivered 19 April 1951.

What Songs Are On Obama's Ipod? Yep this is no joke, as reported by npr radio, here are clips of what's on President Barack Obama's Ipod, yes these are his favorite songs rights now!

Correta Scott King was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. She was a remarkable and courageous woman and first black lady of civil rights. King died in the late evening of January 30, 2006.

Skull and Bones is the oldest of Yale's secret societies and the most secretive fraternity. It has long been speculated that the members influence modern society and politics. Presidents George Bush Sr. and George Bush Jr. were both members.

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Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer and political activist. Fonda caused controversy as an activist in the opposition of the Vietnam War. Her behavior at that time, considered treasonous by some, earned her the nickname "Hanoi Jane" among the veterans and POWs of the Vietnam War, some of whom hate her to this day.

Magda Beer was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1915. After the Germans invaded Hungary, Magda and her family were forced to live in the Budapest ghetto, where she worked in a brick factory. After Budapest was liberated by the Russians, Magda opened up her own factory and remarried before finally moving to the US.

Interested in the French Revolution? Then check this out, a narrative history audio clips of the French Revolution to give you a firm grounding in the subject of what really happened in France and the wider world during those turbulent closing years of the 18th century.

John Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States (1923 to 1929). He was popularly known as Silent Cal. Coolidge was not a forceful leader in matters of foreign affairs and often deferred to his secretary of state. His administration, however seek to improve the strained relations that existed between the United States and Mexico.