Flamininus, Quinctus. c227-174BC. Roman General who def Philip V of Macedonia 197BC.

Fleming, Alexander. 1881-1955. Scottish doctor, dicoverer of penicillin 1928. Florey, Chain.

Fleming, Ambrose. 1849-1945. British vacuum tube inventor 1904.

Fleming, Sir Sandford. 1827-1915. Scottish/Canadian scientist, engineer. CPR. Standard Time zones 1884.

Flemings. Dutch speakers of north Belgium. Walloon.

Florey, Howard. 1898-1968. British. Isolated Penicillin with Chain,1928. Fleming.

Food and Agriculture Organization. 1945- UN agency. Administers World Food Program.

Foreign Ministers, Council of. 1945. Allies and Axis meet to create WWII Peace treaties.

Foster, Stephen. 1826-64. US writer of ballads, minstrel songs. Oh Susanna 1848.

Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.

Fouquet, Jean. 1420-70. French miniaturist. Book of Hours 1450. Charles VII 1445.

Fouquet, Nicolas. 1615-80. Finance Minister to Louis XIV. Imprisoned for embezzlement after a 3 year trial at The Arsenal 1661-4.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Biblical reference to war, famine, death, and Christ, to come at end of world.

Francis of Paola, St. 1416-1507. Founder of ascetic Minim Friars 1435.

Franco-Prussian War. 1870-1. Unified Germany dominated by Prussia, wins Alsace-Lorraine. Commune. Ems Dispatch.

Franklin, Benjamin. 1706-90. US author, scientist, revolutionary leader. Poor Richard’s Almanac 1732-57. Franklin Stove 1744. Lightning rod 1752. Bifocals 1784.

Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.

Free Will. Philosophies which allow that man can more or less determine his own destiny. Fatalism.

French, Daniel. 1850-1931. US sculptor. Lincoln’s Memorial 1922. Minuteman 1875.

Freud, Sigmund. 1856-1939. Austrian founder of Psychoanalysis. Sexually oriented guilt. First to divide mind into conscious and subconscious. Studies in Hysteria 1895. Interpretation of Dreams 1899.

Fuller, R. Buckminster. 1895-1983. US engineer/philosopher. Geodesic Dome.

Funk, Casimir. 1884-1967. Polish/US discoverer of vitamins.

Gambrinus. Legendary Flemish king, beer inventor.

Gandhi, Indira. 1917-84. Indian Prime Minister 1966~84. Daughter of J. Nehru. Assassinated.

Gaza Strip. Between Egypt, Israel. 1948- Egypt. 1956 Israel occupies. 1957 UN admin. 1967 Israel conq. 1979 “Autonomy” by Camp David Accord. 1993 Palestine.

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