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19863

Fictional Actors/Actresses

  1. Miranda Brain, Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  2. Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  3. Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard
  4. Annie Spadaro, Caroline in the City, character played by Amy Pietz
  5. Irene Adler, “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle
  6. Magnolia Hawkes Ravenall, Showboat (novel/stage/film adaptations)
  7. Alan Swann - My Favorite Year
  8. Mona Melendy, the Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright
  9. Tiffany Farrell - Luann (comic strip) [and fictional in both senses of the term too]
  10. Penny on The Big Bang Theory
  11. Dash Riprock (born Homer Noodleman, from Peoria, Illinois), Beverly Hillbillies
  12. Calculon - Futurama
19864

Fictional Actors/Actresses

  1. Miranda Brain, Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  2. Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  3. Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard
  4. Annie Spadaro, Caroline in the City, character played by Amy Pietz
  5. Irene Adler, “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle
  6. Magnolia Hawkes Ravenall, Showboat (novel/stage/film adaptations)
  7. Alan Swann - My Favorite Year
  8. Mona Melendy, the Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright
  9. Tiffany Farrell - Luann (comic strip) [and fictional in both senses of the term too]
  10. Penny on The Big Bang Theory
  11. Dash Riprock (born Homer Noodleman, from Peoria, Illinois), Beverly Hillbillies
  12. Calculon - Futurama
  13. Joey Tribbiani - Friends

I’ll pass

19865

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
19866

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
19867

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
19868

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
19869

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
19870

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
19871

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards

What? History isn’t only battles and documents. Pop culture is history, too!

19872

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards
  8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973
19873

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards
  8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973
  9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783

#5 was not actually a speech - it was printed in newspapers at the time, but Washington never read it aloud in public.

19874

This is the one I had in mind as my first choice for a non-political, non-military, non-religious speech. Gold star!

19875

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards
  8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973
  9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783
  10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951
19876

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards
  8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973
  9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783
  10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951
  11. “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939
19877

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896
  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775
  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards
  8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973
  9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783
  10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951
  11. “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939
  12. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, JFK 1963
19878

Famous Speeches in American History

  1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963

  2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863

  3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896

  4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775

  5. George Washington’s Farewell Address

  6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941

  7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards

  8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973

  9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783

  10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951

  11. “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939

  12. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, JFK 1963

  13. Dwight Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Jan 17, 1961
    New Topic: First Broadway Show You Ever Attended

  14. Fiddler on the Roof, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run)

19879

New Topic: First Broadway Show You Ever Attended

  1. Fiddler on the Roof, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run)
  2. Into the Woods, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with Persephone.)
19880

First Broadway Show You Ever Attended

  1. Fiddler on the Roof, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run)
  2. Into the Woods, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with Persephone.)
  3. Les Miserables, next year (I hope!!!)
19881

First Broadway Show You Ever Attended

  1. Fiddler on the Roof, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run)
  2. Into the Woods, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with Persephone.)
  3. Les Miserables, next year (I hope!!!)
  4. The Wiz, at the Majestic in 1975.
19882

First Broadway Show You Ever Attended

  1. Fiddler on the Roof, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run)
  2. Into the Woods, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with Persephone.)
  3. Les Miserables, next year (I hope!!!)
  4. The Wiz, at the Majestic in 1975.
  5. A Chorus Line, at the Shubert, 1977