October 9, 1973 - Dr. Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist and writer, speaks at the National Press Club. Topic of Mead’s speech is “The State of the Sexes.”
September 1, 1976 - A broadcast of Independent presidential hopeful Eugene McCarthy speaking at National Press Club. Topic of address is presidential race, the debates, and two-party system.
November 16, 1977 - Broadcaster and writer Eric Sevareid bids goodbye to the National Press Club on the eve of his retirement.
August 24, 1978 - Author James Michener speaks before the National Press Club, discussing the state of the novel and talks extensively about many contemporary American writers.
January 15, 1979 - Alex Haley discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots: The Saga Of An American Family at a National Press Club luncheon. He wrote most of the novel in a Club office.
April 19, 1979 - Veteran actors Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, married for 36 years and performing together in "The Gin Game," speak to the National Press Club about their experiences in the acting profession.
October 30, 1979 - Human rights activist Joan Baez speaks before the National Press Club on the plight of the refugees of Kampuchea.
October 27, 1991 - Richard Truly, former astronaut and administrator of NASA, speaks at the National Press Club. Following speech, MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Robert Pepin, professor of physics at University of Minnesota. Pepin talks about Truly’s address about the future of the U.S. space program.
October 19, 1993 - National Press Club speech by famous horror writer Stephen King.
February 21, 1996 - Midday presents Keith Lockhart, the artistic director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, speaking at the National Press Club. Lockhart talks of the importance of education and support of the arts.