Chain, Ernst. 1906-79. With Florey, purified penicillin.

Chamberlain, Austen. 1863-1937. British Statesman. Locarno Pact.

Charles Emmanuel I. 1562-1630. Duke of Savoy. Last attack vs Geneva, 1602. Escalade.

Chernobyl. 1986. Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster.

Churchill, Winston. 1874-1965. British WWII Prime Minister. 1940-5,51-5.

CND. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Cockcroft, John. 1897-1967. English physicist. Split nucleus.

Comnenus. 1081-1185. Byzantine dynasty.

Compton, Arthur. 1892-1962. US physicist: C Effect, 1923.

Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.

Constitutional Convention. 1787. Philadelphia. Amended Articles of Confederation. Constitution.

Continental Congress. 1774-89. US Government until Constitution approved. Proclaimed Declaration of Independence.

Cook, James. 1728-79. English explorer. Sailed to Tahiti to see transit of Venus, 1768. Charted New Zealand 1769. Claimed Australia 1770.

Cordeliers. 15C- Franciscan nuns.

Cousin, Jean the Elder. 1490-1560. French painter. Eva Prima Pandora, early French nude.

Crapper, Thomas. 1836-1910. British plumber. Installed Queen Victoria’s toilets. Manufacturer, but not inventor of syphonic flush toilets.

Crick, Francis. 1916-. British discoverer of DNA structure with Watson 1953.

Cronus. Greek Titan = Saturn. Swallowed own children.

Cupid. Roman god of love, son of Venus. = Eros.

Curie, Marie. 1867-1934, and Pierre 1859-1906. Polish/French discoverers of radium, 1898.

Cush. Ancient kingdom in Sudan = Nubia = ancient Ethiopia.

Dale, Henry. 1875-1968. English physiologist. Nerve transmission process.

Dalou, Jules. 1838-1902. French Baroque sculptor of public monuments.

Damascus. c2500BC. World’s oldest continuously inhabited city. Syria.

D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.

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