7. Talk about long-winded, Statesman HENRY CLAY of Kentucky once gave an hour-long speech in the US Senate about his dead bull named Orozimbo.
8. ADOLF HITLER gave a speech at a meeting of the German Workers Party in 1919 which gave early hints as to his powers as a political orator. As Hitler was about to leave the event, a speaker got up and argued that a piece should be split off from Germany. Outraged, Hitler railed passionately against the idea. One of the party's founders said to a companion, "He has a big mouth; we could use him." Shortly afterwards, Hitler joined the group and it changed its name to National Socialist German Workers Party, the Nazis.
9. The original TELEPROMPTER in 1950 was just a roll of butcher paper hand-cranked to advance the speech. TelePrompTer Corp., which built the first electronic version, found success after former President Herbert Hoover used it to address the Republican National Convention in 1952. In 2010, Obama was criticized for using the device too much.
10. December 7, 1941 was originally a "date which will live in world history" before President Franklin D. Roosevelt revised it to "a date which will live in infamy" before his address on the 8th.
As Always, Some REALLY Interesting Stuff. --DaCoot
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