Judas of Galilee. Jewish zealot. Led revolt vs Rome over tax census.

Jude, St. Apostle of Jesus. Martyred in Persia.

Judicial. Branch of US government. Supreme and lower courts can invalidate Acts of Congress.

Judo. 19C-.Oriental self defence not in conflict with non-violent religion. Modification of jujitsu.

Kaliningrad. 1946- On site of Königsberg, destroyed 1945. Russian enclave surrounded by Poland, Lithuania.

Kamerlingh Onnes, Heicke. 1853-1926. Liquified helium 1908. Superconductivity 1911.

Kamikaze. 1281 “Divine Wind”. Typhoon that destroyed Mongol invasion of Japan. 1944- suicide pilots. Okinawa.

Kao Kang. 1902-55. Chinese Communist leader. Purged 1954. Suicide.

Kao Tsu. 256-195BC. Chinese Emperor 202-. Established Han dynasty.

Karsh, Yousuf. 1908-. US/Canadian portrait photographer of international celebrities. Churchill 1941.

Keats, John. 1795-1821. English Romantic sensuous lyric poet: Odes 1819, Isabella.

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.

Khartoum, Battle. 1885. Mahdi defeat British in Sudan.

Kim Il-Sung. 1912-94. North Korean dictator 1948-. Korean War.

King Cotton. 1850s belief in southern US that cotton would guarantee success of independent Confederacy.

King George’s War. 1744-8. France vs Britain, War of Austrian Succession in North America. No territorial changes. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748.

Kishi Nobusuke. 1896-1987. Japanese Prime Minister 1957-60. Resigned after supporting US-Japan security treaty.

Kit-Kat Club. 1703-20. London Whig club of Hanover supporters. Met in Christopher Kat’s tavern.

Kléber, Jean. 1753-1800. French general. Suppressed Vendée rebellion.

Knights of the Golden Circle. 1859-66. Secret US organization of South supporters during Civil War.

Kölliker, Rudolph. 1817-1905. German histologist. Discovered cellular structure of tissue. Spermatozoa 1841.

Korean War. 1950-3. China supports Communist invasion of South Korea. Repelled with UN aid-mainly US troops. MacArthur. 38th parallel border reestablished. 5M dead.

Kossuth, Lajos. 1802-94. Hungarian Revolution leader, 1848-9.

Kronshtadt Rebellion. 1921. Sailors vs Bolsheviks. Suppressed but led to New Economic Policy.

Ku Klux Klan. KKK. 1867-71. Secret US White Supremacist terrorist organization. Founded by Forrest. 1915- Recreated by Simmons.

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