Davis, John. 1550-1605. British explorer, Davis Strait 1585, Falkland Is. 1592. Invented backstaff quadrant 1594.

Davis, William. 1850-1934. US geologist. Effect of erosion.

Davy, Humphrey. 1778-1829. English inventor. Nitrous-Oxide anaesthetic 1800. Aluminum 1807. Calcium 1808. Arc lamp 1810. Miner’s lamp 1815. Acetylene 1836.

Dawes, Charles. 1865-1951. US statesman. Dawes Plan.

Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.

Dawes Plan. 1924-9. US economic assistance to Germany during reparations.

Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.

Daye, Stephen. 1594-1668. First printing press in American colonies 1639.

De Kooning, Willem. 1904-97. Dutch/US Abstract Expressionist painter. Woman 1950s.

De La Mare, Walter. 1873-1956. English children’s poet, novelist.

De La Tour, George. 1593-1652. French Caravaggist painter. Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds.

De Mille, Cecil B. 1881-1959. US. First US Feature film. Squaw Man 1913. Ten Commandments 1923, 1956. Epics.

De Quincey, Thomas. 1785-1859. English essayist. Confessions of an English Opium Eater 1821.

De Soto, Hernando. 1500-42. Spanish explorer. First across Mississippi.

De-Stalinization. 1956. Soviet denunciation of Stalin’s regime and policies.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

De Wet, Christiaan. 1854-1922. Boer general. Led 1914 Rebellion.

Deacon. Christian cleric. Lowest rank of Episcopal Holy Orders. Protestant lay official.

Dead Sea Scrolls. 3C BC-1C AD. Old Testament texts of Essenes. Discovered at Qumrum, 1947.

Deák, Ferenc. 1803-76. Hungarian leader. Ausgleich.

Dean, James. 1931-55. US film star. Rebel Without a Cause 1955.

Deane, Silas. 1737-89. American Revolutionary. First US foreign diplomat.

Debs, Eugene. 1855-1926. US socialist leader. Led Pullman Strike 1894.

Deburau, J.B.G. 1796-1846. French mime.

Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.

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