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Kelvin, Lord. 1824-1907. British engineer/ mathematician. Absolute temperature scale. Thermodynamic theory.
Kennedy, John. 1917-63. US President 1961-. -“New Frontier”. Peace Corps. Apollo Program. Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated by Oswald. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
Kennedy, Robert. 1925-68. US attorney-general 1961-4. Assassinated while running for presidential nomination.
Kennedy Round. Liberalized tarrifs negotiated by 50 countries, 1964-7.
Kent. 449-860. Kingdom in SE England absorbed by Wessex.
Kent, William. c1686-1748. British illustrator, Palladian architect, gardener.
Kent State Massacre. 1970. Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. 1798. Virginia-Kentucky.
Kenya. 7C Arab. 1498 Portugal. 1729 Arab. 1887 British East Africa Company...1895 British protectorate = British East Africa. 1920 British colony = Kenya. 1963 Independent kingdom. 1964 Republic.
Kenyatta, Jomo. 1894-1978. Kenya. First president 1964-.
Kepler, Johannes. 1571-1630. German astronomer, deduced elliptical planetary motions 1609. Explained tides 1598.
Kerensky, Aleksandr. 1881-1970. Russian Revolutionary leader. Prime Minister 1917. Liberal Socialist Provisional government.
Kerensky Offensive. 1917. Failed attack on Germans in Galicia by Kerensky Provisional government.
Kern, Jerome. 1885-1945. US composer. Show Boat 1927.
Kerouac, Jack. 1922-69. US Beat novelist. On the Road 1957.
Kesselring, Albert. 1887-1960. German Commander-in-Chief in Italy, 1943. Delayed Allied victory. WWII.
Key, Francis Scott. 1779-1843. US lawyer/poet. Star Spangled Banner 1814 based on music from English drinking song To Anacreon in Heaven. US National anthem 1931-.
Keynes, John Maynard. 1883-1946. British economist. General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money 1935. Demand is more a function of interest rates than of money supply. Bretton Woods.
KGB. 1954-. Soviet secret police. =Cheka -1922; GPU 1922; OGPU 1923-34; NKVD 1934-46; MGB 1946-53. 1991 Split into FSB (domestic) and FIS (foreign).
Khartoum, Battle. 1885. Mahdi defeat British in Sudan.
Khazar. 6C-965. Turkish empire in SE Russia.
Khedive. Persian title = Lord.
Khmer. 5-15C Cambodian empire defeated by Thai, Annam.
Khmer Republic. 1975-78. = Kampuchea.