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89 matches to Colombo Plan
Lockerbie Scotland. 1988 Terrorist bomb downs PanAm plane killing 270. Libya.
Lutyens, Edwin. 1869-1944. English architect of country houses and public buildings. Fountain at Trafalgar. New Delhi Plan 1912.
Mansart, Jules Hardouin-. 1646-1708. French architect, city planner. Dome Church 1677. Grand Trianon 1687. Place de Vendôme.
March on Rome. 1922. Mussolini’s planned Fascist insurrection. Facta resigned.
Marshall, George. 1880-1959. US general. Marshall Plan.
Marshall Plan. 1948-52. European Recovery Program. US supplied $12B goods, loans, grants. Rejected by COMECON as ’dollar imperialism’.
Messerschmidt, Willy. 1898-1978. German plane designer and manufacturer, WWII.
Morris, Gouverneur. 1752-1816. US statesman. Wrote final version of Constitution. Planned coinage.
Moscow School. 14-16C Icon painting. Curving planes, subtle colors.
Müller, Hermann. 1876-1931. German Weimar leader. Young Plan.
Nelidov Project. 1895. Abandoned Russian plan to sieze Bosphorus.
New Economic Policy. 1921-8. Russian economic program. Limited free enterprise. Replaced by Five Year Plans.
New World Order. 1940. Germany, Italy, Japan plan for world domination.
Planck, Max. 1858-1947. German physicist. Defined energy quantum 1900.
Plantagenet. 1154-1485. English dynasty. Lancaster, York. Angevins. Geoffrey.
Plantagenet, Richard. Duke of York. 1411-60. Protector during king’s insanity, 1454. Claims to succession led to War of Roses.
Planudes Maximus. 1260-c1310. Byzantine monk. Edited Greek Anthology of prose and poetry 1302.
Pluto. Greek underworld king = Hades = Orcus = Pater Dis. Planet discovered by Tombaugh, 1930. Disney dog named after planet, 1931.
Quantum Theory. Energy levels are discontinuous. Foundation of modern physics. Planck 1900. Bohr.
Quebec Conference. 1864. Basis of British North America Act. 1943. Allied leaders plan European landings. 1944. Churchill, Roosevelt decide on two war fronts-criticized for allowing Soviets to take Berlin.
Richthofen, Manfred von. 1892-1918. WWI German air ace. Downed 80 Allied planes.
Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.
Santos-Dumont, Alberto. 1873-1932. Brazilian aviator in Europe, 1906. Monoplanes 1909.
Schlieffen Plan. 1905 German military strategy to conquer France. Failed in WWI but succeeded in WWII.
Schuman, Robert. 1886-1963. French Prime Minister 1947-8. 1950 plan to pool European resources led to EEC.