Kennedy's speech was intended to inspire his audience and unite the USA against the threat of Communism: In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of ...

Tucked in between bigger books on the shelf of the University Library that day was a book entitled: 'Speeches That Changed the World: Over 100 of the Most Influential Speeches Ever Made'.

To celebrate his birthday, Newsround looks at seven speeches -by great leaders, including King, who have inspired us over the years - and changed our world for the better. On 28 August 1963 ...

BBC World Service: The speech that changed women’s football The forgotten Women's World Cup 'We were laughed at' - women's football pioneer Lloyd Female footballers around the world were ...

Examining the speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners, poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech. Simon gets the inside story behind some of ...

But come the morning of the speech, the nerves had ... Fifa was backing a World Cup. And the 1986 congress was considered the catalyst for change. The first tournament in 1991 was given the ...