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Sinai Campaign. 1956. Israeli preemptory attack takes Sinai. UN peacekeeping force in Gaza.
Sinclair, Upton. 1878-1968. US novelist, Muckraker. Jungle 1906.
Singapore. 13-14C Malay city. 1377 Javanese destroy. 1819 Raffles refounds. 1867 «Straits Settlements. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Federation of Malaysia. 1965 Independent republic.
Singer, Isaac. 1811-75. US sewing machine improver 1851. Howe.
Singer, Isaac B. 1904-91. Polish/US Yiddish writer. Gimpel the Fool 1957.
Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.
Sino-Soviet Treaty. 1945. Mutual defence vs Japanese agression.
Sioux. Popular name for Dakota Confederation of American Indian tribes. Little Bighorn. Wounded Knee.
Sirens. Greek sea nymphs, half bird, half woman. Song lured sailors onto rocks.
Sisley, Alfred. 1839-99. English/French Impressionist painter. Meadows in Spring.
Sistine Chapel. 1473. Vatican. Walls by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio; ceiling by Michelangelo 1508-12. Last Judgement 1534-41.
Sisyphus. King of Corinth, condemned to perpetually roll a stone to the top of a hill.
Sitter, Willem de. 1872-1934. Dutch radio astronomer. Expanding universe.
Sitting Bull. c1831-90. Led Sioux at Little Bighorn. Surrendered 1881.
Sitwell, Edith. 1887-1964. English poet. Still Falls the Rain.
Siva. 4 armed 3 eyed Hindu god of destruction and restoration.
Sivaji. c1627-80. Founded Maratha Kingdom 1674.
Six, les. 1917-74. French composers initiated Neoclassical. Milhaud. Honegger.
Six Articles, Statute. 1539-1547. Henry VIII’s statement of Church of England doctrine. Persecuted both adamant Catholics and Protestants.
Six Day War. 1967. Israel wins Sinai, Golan Heights, Gaza, Old Jerusalem, West Bank. Opened Gulf of Aqaba.
Six Dynasties. 220-589. Chinese period. Buddhism, Taoism, technical developments. Tea. Gunpowder.
Skelton, John. c1460-1529. English satirical poet. Tutor, adviser to Henry VIII.
Skinner, B. F. 1904-90. US Behaviourist psychologist.
Slansky Trial. 1952. Jewish Czech communists purged during Stalin anti-semitism. Those executed were restored to party membership 1968.