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Allen, Ethan. 1738-89. Led Green Mountain Boys in American Revolution. Failed to take Montreal, 1775.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Challenger Expedition. 1872-6. Oceanic survey of currents, depths, temps.
Fallen Timbers, Battle. 1794. US defeat NW Confederation Indians, ending resistance.
Ginsberg, Allen. 1926-97. US Beat poet. Howl 1956.
Green Mountain Boys. 1770. Ethan Allen’s Vermont militia in American Revolution.
Hidalgo, Miguel. 1753-1811. Led Mexican Revolution with Allende.
Mallen, Mary. =Typhoid Mary.
Marsyas. Mythical Phrygian artist. Challenged Apollo to musical contest.
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. 1915-. Chilean President 1973-90. Coup vs Allende. Brutal dictatorship, torture and disappearances. Charged 1998.
Satan. Fallen angel later identified with Zoroastran Ahriman, the spirit of evil. Lucifer. Beelzebub.
Schiller, Friedrich. 1759-1805. German Romantic writer of historical dramas and lyric poetry. Popularized William Tell 1804. -“inner direction” Wallenstein 1800.
Voltaire, François. 1694-1778. French philosopher vs tyranny, bigotry, cruelty. Challenged accepted beliefs. Quotations became revolutionary slogans. Lettres Philosophique 1734. Candide 1758.
Wager of Battle. Trial by Combat. 8C-1817. Norse custom in England. Accused challenges accuser to combat-acquitted if he refuses.
Wallenberg, Raoul. 1912-47?. Swedish diplomat. Saved thousands of Jews in WWII Budapest. Jailed by Soviets. Holocaust.
Wallenstein, Albrecht von. 1583-1634. Bohemian HRE general in Thirty Years War.