I Have a Dream
 August 28, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his
famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to civil rights
demonstrators. The speech, considered to be one of the greatest in history, was
originally titled "Normalcy, Never Again." Toward the end of
the speech, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted to Dr. King from
the crowd, "Tell them about the dream, Martin." Dr. King stopped
delivering his prepared remarks and started preaching, punctuating his points
with "I have a dream," giving root to its new name.
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The Nazis Are Coming
September 1, 1939 - World War II began when Nazi
Germany invaded Poland.
The war eventually led to the mobilization of over 100
million military personnel and involved more than fifty countries, making it
the most widespread war in history.
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A Faster Commute
September 1, 1974 - The SR-71 Blackbird, a supersonic, American spy plane, set the speed record for
flying from New York to London, a distance of 3,508 miles, in 1 hour
54 minutes and 56.4 seconds. The average speed for the flight was Mach 2.68 or
2,040 miles per hour. By comparison the Boeing 747 passenger jet completes the
same flight in 6 hours 15 minutes.
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"Unsinkable" Wreckage
September 1, 1985 - A joint American/French expedition
located the wreck of the Titanic, 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland at
GPS 41.73194°N 49.94583°W. One of the most notable
discoveries the team made was that the ship had split apart while sinking, with the
stern section lying 1,970 feet from the bow section and facing the opposite
direction. There had been conflicting witness accounts of whether the ship
broke apart or not. Up until the discovery of the wreck, it was generally
assumed that the ship did not break apart.
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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character. "
- Dr. Martin Luther King
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Happiness Is a Moral Obligation
by Dennis Prager
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