Salome. -72. Herod Antipas’ step-daughter, demanded and received John the Baptist’s head.

Sekhmet. Egyptian war goddess with lion’s head.

Sihanouk, Norodom. 1922-. Cambodian king 1941-55. Abdicated for father. Prime Minister 1955-60. Head of State 1960-70.

Sikorski, Wladyslaw. 1881-1943. Polish general, Prime Minister. Headed WWII government in exile.

Sphynx. Greek mythical creature with lion’s body, human head. Killed who could not solve riddle. Earliest known 2550BC.

Summit Conferences. Cold War phenomenon involving meetings of heads of state. Geneva Conference.

Tell, William. 13-14C/Legendary Swiss hero of Altdorf. Shot apple off son’s head on orders of Austrian governor, Gessler.

Tupac Amaru. c1742-81. Peruvian Indian revolutionary vs Spanish rule 1780-1. Mutilated, drawn, quartered, beheaded.

Ulbricht, Walter. 1893-1973. East German Stalinist General Secretary 1950-71. Head of State 1960-. Ordered Berlin Wall.

Voroshilov, Kliment. 1881-1969. Soviet Head of State 1953-60.

Watergate. 1972-4. US political scandal over burglary of Democratic headquarters. Cover up led to Nixon’s resignation.

Waugh, Evelyn. 1903-66. English satirical writer: Brideshead Revisited 1945.

Whitehead, Alfred. 1861-1947. English mathematician/philosopher. Metaphysical theory of reality. With Russell wrote Principia Mathematica 1913. Process and Reality 1929.

Whitehead, Robert. 1823-1905. British engineer. Torpedo 1866.

Wyat’s Insurrection. 1554. Failed march on London vs Mary’s marriage to Philip II of Spain. Wyat (son of Thomas Wyat) beheaded.

Xenocrates. 394-314BC. Greek philosopher. Head of Plato’s Academy.

Abdul Rahman, Tunku. 1903-90. First Prime Minister of independent Malaya 1957-70. United Malay, Chinese, Indian factions.

Abjuration, Act. 1581. Dutch declaration of independence from Spain. Republic 1588.

Abolition Act. 1833. Ends slavery in British Empire.

Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.

Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.

Acta. 59BC-330. Minutes of Roman public business, published daily.

Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.

Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.

Actium, Battle. 31BC. Octavian defeats Antony to become sole ruler of Roman Empire.

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