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Public Speaking
November 17, 2018
Title: Fascinating Events on July 5th, 1985
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about three events that occurred on my birthday.
Thesis: July 5th, 1985 was an exciting day to celebrate the advent of my birth.
Introduction
I. Attention-getter: Friday, July 5th, 1985 was an exciting day beyond the fact that it was my birthday.
II.Credibility/Relevancy: Beyond celebrating another year in my life, my birthday seemed to be just another day to me. I never gave much thought to what else happened in the world on July 5th, 1985. After doing some research on this day in history I have found some very interesting events that I am going to share with you today.
III. Preview of main points: There were some pretty spectacular events beyond my birth that makes this a day to remember. Nicaragua started to come down from the high alert that they had been on the previous day because they suspected a U.S. invasion of their country,the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves played a 19 inning game, and the popular movie Back to the Future was released.
< Transition:Imagine a scenario where a town is prepared for the powerful United States to use their Independence Day from the British Empire to invade your country.
Body
I. Main Point: This was exactly the case for Managua, Nicaragua who believed that the Americans were coming to invade the country.
A. According to William Long, a L.A. Times Staff Writer, Nicaragua believed that this invasion was caused by the death of six Americans in El Salvador. They believed their deaths to be caused by the Sandinista National Liberation Front, the current governmental party of Nicaragua. This tale of U.S. invaion all started with a published article in the Village Voice that said if the U.S. government would invade Nicaragua, the U.S. would do so on July 4th in the early morning hours. The Sandinista official newspaper published headlines warning the citizens of this upcoming invasion, and the city of Managua actually had tanks and armored cars standing by to deal with it. On the day of my birthday, it was becoming apparent to the citizens of Nicaragua that the U.S. was not going to attack. It was just one more time that the Sandinista announced an invasion to get the people of the country rallying around the party.
< Transition:Science geeks, comedy fans, and Michael J. Fox fans rejoiced to the opening of Back to the Future, and people have been excited about this movie ever since.
II. Main Point: According to IMDb.comBack to the Future made $11,332,134 opening weekend with a total gross made of $197,902,294 in the U.S. alone. Not bad for a movie with an estimated budget of $19,000,000.
A.For me Back to the Future is one of those feel good movies that makes a me laugh, but also makes me think about what would happen if I could go back into time and meet my would be parents. I wonder if we would have been friends.
B.IMDb.com also reported that director Robert Zemeckis really wanted Michael J. Fox to play the lead role, but there were some issues with his scheduling. To fix these problems the movie was filmed mainly at night and on a few weekends.
< Transition:Great sporting events are always competitive, and going 19 innings is certainly a sign of some good competition.
I. Main Point II: The New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves game began on July 4th but it didn't end until July 5thjust before 4 a.m., and was followed by the promised fireworks display.
A. According to Michele Catalano, this game can be considered one of the greatest baseball games ever played. The game actually started late because of a rain delay, and there would be another rain delay during play which means that there was a little over six hours of actual baseball during the nineteen innings as reported by the Times Wire Service.
B. The game started with a crowd of 44,947, but only a few thousand diehard fans stuck it out to see the fireworks at the end. The final score of 16-13 was a disappointment to the Atlanta Braves fans that braved the wet weather, but they did get to enjoy the Fourth of July fireworks display even if it was a day late.
Conclusion
I.Review/Summary of Main Points: The date of my birth was more eventful than just my arrival to my parents.A country was beginning to understand that they were not under an immediate invasion plan by the United States but that their governing party just used it as a political ploy in response to an article.An amazing baseball game took place that ended with Fourth of July fireworks a day late.Back to the Future was a movie that truly symbolized the 80s and was just the start of big blockbuster summer movies that awe audiences with astounding special effects.
II. Concluding Remarks: Sometimes looking back into the past can be painful, but it can also be fun. My birthday is more than just the day that I was born, but looking at events that occurred can show what the world was like when I came into it.
Works Cited
"Back to the Future." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. <
Catalano, M. "7/4/85: The Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played." American McCarver. N.p., 3 July 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. <
Long, William R.. "'The People Laugh . . . It's a Joke' : Nicaraguans Still Waiting for July 4th U.S. 'Invasion'." Los Angeles Times.N.p., 5 July 1985. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. <
Times Wire Services. "At 3:55 a.m., Mets Top Braves, 16-13, in 19th Inning." Los Angeles Times.N.p., 5 July 1985. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. <