Great Moments of the 20th Century

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Label: Rhino / WeaDisque 1:1 Inventor Marconi Talks About Sending The First Transatlantic Radio...

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Disque 1 1. Inventor Marconi Talks About Sending The First Transatlantic Radio Transmission - Marconi 2. The Double-Sided Record, New From The Columbia Graphophone Company, Offers Improved Sound And... - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 3. Inventor Thomas Edison Announces The Age Of Electricity - Thomas Edison 4. Commander Robert E. Peary Expounds On The Allure Of Arctic Exploration - Robert E. Peary 5. Survivor Gives Harrowing Account Of The R.M.S. Titanic Disaster - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 6. Presidential Candidate Woodrow Wilson Makes The Case For A Living Wage - Woodrow Wilson 7. British Member Of Parliament Horatio Bottomley Asserts That 'We Are Witnessing That Great...' - Horatio Bottomley 8. American Federation Of Labor President Samuel Gompers Explains U.S. Efforts In World War I - Samuel Gompers 9. Commander Of American Expeditionary Forces In France, General J.J. 'Black Jack' Pershing Asks For... - General J.J. 'Black Jack' Pershing 10. Former Ambassador To Germany James Gerard Challenges German-Americans' Loyalty In The Face Of... - James Gerard 11. An Explanation Of Inventor Lee DeForest's Principles Of 'Talking Film' - Lee DeForest 12. Attorney Clarence Darrow Proclaims 'The Real Cause Of Crime Is Poverty, Ignorance, Hard Luck, And... - Clarence Darrow 13. Humorist Will Rogers Muses On His Entry In The 'Congressional Record' - Will Rogers 14. Aviator Charles Lindbergh Reflects On The First-Ever Transatlantic Flight - Charles Lindbergh 15. As The Threat Of War Once Again Looms Over Europe, Winston Churchill Asks 'What Are We To Do?' - Winston Churchill 16. Expatriate Author Henry Miller Reads From His Controversial Book 'Tropic Of Cancer' - Henry Miller 17. Louisiana Senator Huey Long Criticizes The Current Roosevelt Administration - Huey Long 18. Indian Leader Mohandas Gandhi Shares His Beliefs - Mohandas Gandhi 19. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits Dust Bowl States And Vows To Save The American Farming... - Franklin D. Roosevelt 20. Physicist Albert Einstein Asserts That Modern Man Is Detached From The World Because Of Technology - Albert Einstein 21. King Edward VIII Announces His Abdication Of The Throne And Declares Allegiance To His Brother... - King Edward VIII 22. News Coverage Of The Hindenburg Airship Disaster - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 23. 'The Man And The Mouse': Mickey Mouse Turns 10 Years Old - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 24. Civil Rights Activist Asa Philip Randolph Pleas For Social And Racial Justice - Asa Philip Randolph 25. Aviator Howard Hughes And Crew Successfully Complete World's First Transglobal Flight - Howard Hughes 26. Sigmund Freud Discusses Psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud 27. Dramatist And Critic George Bernard Shaw Defines The Pacifist Movement - George Bernard Shaw 28. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorates The Nations Of The World At New York World's Fair - Franklin D. Roosevelt 29. Author Margaret Mitchell Expresses Gratitude Over Winning Pulitzer Prize For 'Gone With The Wind' - Margaret Mitchell 30. Broadcaster Edward R. Murrow Reports Plans For The Evacuation Of Children From London - Edward R. Murrow 31. Nazi Germany Mounts Blitzkrieg Invasion Of Poland - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 32. Nazi Germany Denies Aggression Toward Poland, Claiming Self-Defense - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 33. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Declares A State Of War - Neville Chamberlain 34. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler Condemns Polish Aggression Toward Germans - Adolf Hitler 35. Italian Facist Leader Benito Mussolini Declares War On The Allied Powers - Benito Mussolini 36. American Journalist William L. Shirer Reports On French Armistice Signing - William L. Shirer 37. Labor Leader John L. Lewis Supports Wendel Willkie For President - John L. Lewis 38. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Announces The First Peacetime Draft Lottery - Franklin D. Roosevelt 39. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares War On Japan - Franklin D. Roosevelt 40. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Publicizes The New Convenient New York - Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia 41. Announcement Of Allied Invasion Of North Africa - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 42. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Reports The Allied Armies Liberation Of Rome - Franklin D. Roosevelt 43. First Allied Planes Leave England, Leading D-Day Invasion - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 44. Report Of U.S. Flag Raised Over Island Of Iwo Jima - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 45. Announcement Of Allied Forces Crossing The Rhine River - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 46. Report Of German Army's Unconditional Surrender In Italy - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 47. Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 48. 'V-E Day' Report Of German Surrender Ending The War In Europe - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 49. 'V-E Day' Celebration In Times Square, New York City - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 50. President Harry Truman Signs The United Nations Charter - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 51. Report Of The U.S. Having Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 52. 'V-J Day' Report Of Japanese Surrender Ending The War In The Pacific - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 53. British Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill Declares Eastern Europe Behind An 'Iron Curtain' - Winston Churchill 54. U.S. Census Reveals Postwar Infant Population Boom - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 55. Secretary Of State George C. Marshall Announces Plan To Revitalize Postwar European Economy - George C. Marshall 56. Soviet Blockade Of Berlin Thwarted By U.S. Air Efforts - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 57. United Nations Representative Abba Eban Comments On Israel's Nationhood - Abba Eban 58. President Harry Truman Mocks Naysayer Journalists In Election Victory Speech - Harry Truman 59. White House Issues Statement That Soviet Union Has Atomic Bomb - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 60. Bobby Thompson Secures New York Giants National League Pennant Win With Game Winning Home Run - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 61. Baseball Great Joe DiMaggio Announces His Retirement - Joe DiMaggio 62. Vice-Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon Defends Himself Against Allegations Of Mishandled... - Richard M. Dixon 63. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin Dies At Age 73 - Great Moments Of The 20th Century Disque 2 1. Atomic Bomb Testing Continues - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 2. Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II Of Great Britain - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 3. Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Are Denied Clemency - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 4. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Officially Announces End To Korean Conflict - Dwight D. Eisenhower 5. Author Ray Bradbury Provides More Positive Outlook On Future Than His Book 'Farenheit 451' Suggests - Ray Bradbury 6. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Assures There Will Be Further Development Of Polio Vaccine - Dwight D. Eisenhower 7. Congressmen Provide Conflicting Viewpoints On School Desegregation - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 8. Senator Joseph McCarthy Presides At House Un-American Activities Commottee Hearings - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 9. New York Giants Manager Leo Durocher States Strong Leadership Is A Baseball Team's Top Asset - Leo Durocher 10. Author Ernest Hemingway Delivers Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech - Ernest Hemingway 11. Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed At The Top Of His Form Hosting 'The Moondog Show' - Alan Freed 12. Ensure Your Safety With The Purchase Of This Nuclear Survival Course Course Record Album-Supplies... - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 13. James Dean Discusses His Craft On The Set Of 'Rebel Without A Cause' - James Dean 14. Music Experts Squabble Over Meaning Of Rock 'N' Roll - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 15. Yankees Pitcher Don Larsen Delivers His First 'Perfect Game' In World Series History - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 16. Hungarian Revolt Crushed By Soviets - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 17. What Do We Know About Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro? - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 18. Althea Gibson Became The First Black Athlete To Win Wimbeldon Tennis Championship - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 19. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Denounces Arkansas Efforts To Enforce School Segregation - President Dwight D. Eisenhower 20. Black Politician Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Speaks Out On Notion Of Freedom - Clayton Powell, Jr. 21. United States Successfully Launches First Orbiting Satellite - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 22. Author Lorraine Hansberry Discusses Her Play 'A Raisin In The Sun' - Lorraine Hansberry 23. NASA Introduces First Seven 'Astronauts' For Project Mercury - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 24. Cuban Premier Fidel Castro Visits U.S. For First Time - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 25. Author Allen Ginsberg And Anthropologist Margaret Mead Discuss Origins Of The Term 'Beat Generation' - Allen Ginsberg/Margaret Mead 26. Presidential Candidates John F. Kennedy And Richard M. Nixon Square Off In Televised Debate - John F. Kennedy/Richard M. Nixon 27. President-Elect John F. Kennedy Wins Narrow-Margin Victory - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 28. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Delivers 'Military Industrial Complex' Farewell Speech - Dwight D. Eisenhower 29. President John F. Kennedy Addresses Nation With Inaugural Speech - John F. Kennedy 30. Bay Of Pigs Invasion Denounced At United Nations Address - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 31. Federal Communications Comission Chairman Newton Minow Decries Television As A 'Vast Wasteland' - Newton Minow 32. The Birth Of The Berlin Wall - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 33. Launch Of 'Telstar' Satellite Ushers In Age Of High-Speed Communication Technology - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 34. Author John Steinbeck Discusses Winning Nobel Prize For Literature - John Steinbeck 35. Debut Of World's First Talking/Singing Computer - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 36. President John F. Kennedy Visits The Berlin Wall And Rallies Anti-Communist Support - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 37. President John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 38. JFK Assassination Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald Is Shot - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 39. North Vietnamese Vessels Attack U.S. Navy In Gulf Of Tonkin - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 40. Activist Mario Savio Speaks Out On UC Berkeley 'Educational Tyranny' - Mario Savio 41. Reports Confirm Soviet Communist Part Personnel Shake-Up - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 42. Activist Whitney Young Talks In Selma, Alabama On The Importance Of The Black Vote - Whitney Young 43. Racial Violence Breaks Out In Watts District Of Los Angeles - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 44. Vietnamese Radio Propaganda Queen 'Hanoi Hannah' Broadcasts To U.S. Troops - 'Hanoi Hannah' 45. Dr. Christiaan Barnard Performs First Human Heart Transplant - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 46. Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir Articulates Israel's Need For Peace - Golda Meir 47. Senator Robert Kennedy Announces Presidential Candidacy - Robert Kennedy 48. President Lyndon B. Johnson Declines Nomination For Reelection - Lyndon B. Johnson 49. Martin Luther King, Jr. Stirs Memphis Audience With 'Mountain Top' Speech - Martin Luther King, Jr. 50. Senator Robert Kennedy Is Assassinated - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 51. Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 52. Riots Break Out At 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 53. Apollo 8 Astronauts Conduct Christmas Eve Broadcast - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 54. Mickey Mantle Gives Farewell Speech To Yankees Fans - Mickey Mantle 55. Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Broadcasts Man's First Steps On The Moon - Neil Armstrong 56. Beatle Paul McCartney Refutes Rumors Of His Death - Paul McCartney 57. Thousands Of Protesters Show Support On Vietnam Moratorium Day - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 58. Vice President Spiro Agnew Lashes Out Against 'The Media Elite' - Spiro Agnew Disque 3 1. Commander James A Lovell, Jr. Reports From Apollo 13: 'Houston We've Had A Problem' - James A Lovell, Jr. 2. National Voting Age Is Lowered To 18 - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 3. New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug Testimonial On The Equal Rights Amendment - Bella Abzug 4. National Organization Of Women Founder Betty Friedan Speaks Out... - Betty Friedan 5. President Richard Nixon Announces Plans To Visit Communist China - Richard Nixon 6. Future British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Cites The Ability Of Women To Succeed In Government - Margaret Thatcher 7. United Nations Officially Recognizes Peoples Republic Of China - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 8. Governor Ronald Reagan Views George Wallace Assasination Attempt As Outgrowth Of Hatred In America - Ronald Reagan 9. Olympic Athletes Are Taken Hostage In Munich - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 10. Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Announces 'Peace Is At Hand' In Vietnam - Henry Kissinger 11. Supreme Court Decision Legalizes Abortion in Roe v. Wade - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 12. Members Of American Indian Movement Take Over Wounded Knee, South Dakota - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 13. Dispute At White House Over Release Of Watergate Tapes - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 14. President Richard Nixon Concedes 'One Can Only Be Angry With Those He Respects' - Richard Nixon 15. President Richard Nixon's Resignation:'I Have Never Been A Quitter' - Richard Nixon 16. President Richard Nixon Bids Farewell To His White House Staff - Richard Nixon 17. President Gerald Ford Gives Inaugural Speech - Gerald Ford 18. South Vietnam Surrenders To Vietcong - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 19. Exiled Russian Novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Addresses Harvard Graduating Class - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 20. Astronaut Thomas Stafford And Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov Seal Joint Mission With Handshake In Space - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 21. Eqyptian President Anwar El-Sadat Gives Goodwill Address To Congress - Anwar El-Sadat 22. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Becomes The First Black Woman To Deliver The Keynote Address... - Barbara Jordan 23. Viking I Travels 500 Million Miles To Land On Mars - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 24. Former Beatle John Lennon Finally Wins Residency Staus In US - John Lennon 25. Outbreak Of Legionaire's Disease - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 26. Space Shuttle Enterprise Passes First Flight Test - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 27. Elvis Presley Dies At 42 - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 28. The Observations Of San Franciso Politician Harvey Milk - Harvey Milk 29. Pope John Paul I Dies Suddenly - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 30. San Francisco Board Of Supervisors President Dianne Feinstein Discloses The Murders... - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 31. President Jimmy Carter Discuss Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty - Jimmy Carter 32. Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh Advises Citizens Of Possible Radioactivity... - Dick Thornburgh 33. Entrepreneur Ted Turner Officially Inaugurates The Cable News Network - Ted Turner 34. Labor Unrest In Polland - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 35. President Jimmy Carter Announces Release Of 52 American Hostages Held In Iran - Jimmy Carter 36. Conflicting Announcement Of The Assassination Attempt On President Ronald Reagan - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 37. Assasin Wounds Pope John Paul II - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 38. President Ronald Reagan Lays Down The Law To Striking Air-Traffic Controllers - Ronald Reagan 39. Britain And Argentina At War Over Falkland Islands - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 40. Soviets Down Korean Airlines Flight 007 - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 41. Report Of US Invasion From Grenada - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 42. Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 43. President Ronald Reagan Denies Allegations Of Secret Deals WIth Iran - Ronald Reagan 44. 1988 Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Lloyd Bentsen To Republican Candidate Dan Quayle... - Lloyd Bentsen 45. President Ronald Reagan Envisions 'The Shining City' - Ronald Reagan 46. Report Of Chinese Government Response To Student Revolt From Tiananmen Square - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 47. Operation Desert Storm Begins - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 48. Law Professor Anita Hill Testifies Against Judge Clarence Thomas In Senate Confirmation Hearings - Anita Hill 49. Supreme Court Nominee Judge Clarence Thomas Gives His Testimony - Clarence Thomas 50. Observations About The Rodney King Verdict And Ensuing Street Riots In Los Angeles - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 51. California State Senator Diane Watson Seeks Culpability For The Los Angeles Riots - Diane Watson 52. Motorist Rodney King Implores 'Can We All Get Along?' - Rodney King 53. FBI Tactical Briefing Concerning The Branch Davidians Compound in Waco, Texas - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 54. Nelson Mandela Speaks On Eve Of South Africa's Presidential Election - Nelson Mandela 55. President Bill Clinton Condemns Bombing In Oklahoma City - Bill Clinton 56. Reading Of O.J. Simpson Trial Verdict - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 57. Noa Ben-Artzi Philosof Gives Eulogy For Grandfather Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin - Noa Ben-Artzi 58. General Colin Powell Declines Bid For Presidency - Colin Powell 59. Unabomber Suspect Theodore Kaczynski Is Apprehended - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 60. Richard Jewell Denies Being Responsible For The Bomb Explosion At The Summer Olypmic Games... - Richard Jewel 61. British Scientist Ian Wilmut Discusses Human Cloning - Ian Wilmut 62. Britain Returns Conservatorship Of Hong Kong To China - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 63. Diana, Princess Of Wales, Dies In A Car Crash - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 64. Linda Tripp Records Monica Lewinsky - Linda Tripp 65. President Bill Clinton Avows 'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky' - Bill Clinton 66. President Bill Clinton Testifies His Explanation Was 'Legally Accurate' - Bill Clinton 67. Mark McGwire Breaks Roger Maris' Single-Season Home Run Record - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 68. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Appeals For 'Peace Over War' In Kosovo - Kofi Annan 69. U.S. Returns Conservatorship Of The Panama Canal Back To Panama - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 70. Record-Breaking Stock Exchange Frenzy Continues - Great Moments Of The 20th Century 71. President Bill Clinton Observes The Dawning Of The New Millenium - Bill Clinton 72. The Celebration Of New Year's Eve In Times Square - Great Moments Of The 20th Century

Editeur

Rhino / Wea

Nombre de disques

3

Date de sortie

2000-08-15

Label

Rhino / Wea

Artiste

Various Artists

Format

CD