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Herod Antipas. 21BC-39 AD. Galileen king 4BC-. Killed John the Baptist for Salome.
Hoyle, Edmond. 1672-1769. English game expert.
Hubble, Edwin. 1889-1953. English discoverer of galaxies 1922-24.
Hypnos. Greek god of sleep.
Iphigeneia. Greek daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed to save the Achaean fleet.
Irving, Washington. 1783-1859. US writer. Rip van Winkle. Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1819. Tales of a Traveller 1824. Inventor of short story.
Jason. Led Argonauts in quest for Golden Fleece.
Judas of Galilee. Jewish zealot. Led revolt vs Rome over tax census.
July Revolution. 1830. France. Thiers. Charles X abdicates and flees to England. Louis-Philippe ascends. Caused by July Ordinances.
Jutland, Battle. 1916. Jellicoe’s indecisive attempt to trap German fleet.
Kennedy, John. 1917-63. US President 1961-. -“New Frontier”. Peace Corps. Apollo Program. Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated by Oswald. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
Klee, Paul. 1879-1940. Swiss abstract artist of original delicate small-scale fantasy. Mocker Mocked 1930.
Lee, Anne. 1736-84. English/US mystic Shaker leader.
Lee, Richard. 1732-94. US Continental Congressman. Opposed Constitution, advocated Bill of Rights.
Lee, Robert E. 1807-70. Brilliant Confederate general. Captured John Brown. Surrender at Appomatox ended Civil War.
Leeuwenhoek, Antony van. 1632-1723. Dutch. First to describe bacteria 1680, protozoa, corpuscles, spermatazoa 1675.
Little Entente. 1920-38. Economic, defensive alliance of Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia.
Medea. Greek sorceress who helped Jason get fleece.
Medway, Battle. 1667. Dutch destroy British fleet. Breda Treaty.
Mers-el-Kébir. 1940 British sink French fleet so Axis can’t seize them. French bomb Gibraltar.
Middle English. English language and literature 1100-1500.
Moulin Rouge. 1889. Parisian music hall of Belle Epoque immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec.
Nazareth. Early home of Christ, in Galilee.
Nimitz, Chester. 1885-1966. US Admiral of Pacific Fleet, WWII. Received Japanese surrender on Missouri.
Nore Mutiny. 1797. British North Sea fleet protest conditions. Parker hung.