Day, Benjamin. 1810-89. US founder New York Sun 1833. Brother Jonathan 1842.

Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.

Daye, Stephen. 1594-1668. First printing press in American colonies 1639.

De Kooning, Willem. 1904-97. Dutch/US Abstract Expressionist painter. Woman 1950s.

De Mille, Cecil B. 1881-1959. US. First US Feature film. Squaw Man 1913. Ten Commandments 1923, 1956. Epics.

De Quincey, Thomas. 1785-1859. English essayist. Confessions of an English Opium Eater 1821.

De Soto, Hernando. 1500-42. Spanish explorer. First across Mississippi.

De-Stalinization. 1956. Soviet denunciation of Stalin’s regime and policies.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

De Wet, Christiaan. 1854-1922. Boer general. Led 1914 Rebellion.

Deacon. Christian cleric. Lowest rank of Episcopal Holy Orders. Protestant lay official.

Deák, Ferenc. 1803-76. Hungarian leader. Ausgleich.

Deakin, Alfred. 1856-1919. Australian Prime Minister 1903~10. First Attorney General 1901. Led federation movement.

Dean, James. 1931-55. US film star. Rebel Without a Cause 1955.

Deane, Silas. 1737-89. American Revolutionary. First US foreign diplomat.

Debs, Eugene. 1855-1926. US socialist leader. Led Pullman Strike 1894.

Decadents. 19C. Writers who believed art should be above conventional morality. Mallarmé. Wilde. Verlaine.

Decalogue. Ten Commandments.

Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.

Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.

Declaration of the Rights of Man. 1789. Rights of Man, Declaration.

Decorated English Architecture. 1250-1375. Introduced lighting and shade effects. York Minster.

Deductive Reasoning. Aristotelian. Derivation of universal truths from prior certainties. Syllogisms.

Defenestration of Prague. 1419. Hussites eject aldermen. 1618. Protestants throw regents out window. Begins Thirty Years War.

Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. English writer: Robinson Crusoe 1719; Moll Flanders 1722. Idea of savings bank, 1697.

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