Kelley, Oliver. 1826-1913. US agriculturalist. Founded National Grange 1867.

Kellogg-Briand Pact. 1928. Outlawed war as an instrument of national policy. Signed by 62 countries. Kellogg. Briand.

Kennedy, John. 1917-63. US President 1961-. -“New Frontier”. Peace Corps. Apollo Program. Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated by Oswald. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.

Kennedy, Robert. 1925-68. US attorney-general 1961-4. Assassinated while running for presidential nomination.

Kent, William. c1686-1748. British illustrator, Palladian architect, gardener.

Kent State Massacre. 1970. Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.

Kenya. 7C Arab. 1498 Portugal. 1729 Arab. 1887 British East Africa Company...1895 British protectorate = British East Africa. 1920 British colony = Kenya. 1963 Independent kingdom. 1964 Republic.

Kenyatta, Jomo. 1894-1978. Kenya. First president 1964-.

Kepler, Johannes. 1571-1630. German astronomer, deduced elliptical planetary motions 1609. Explained tides 1598.

Kerensky, Aleksandr. 1881-1970. Russian Revolutionary leader. Prime Minister 1917. Liberal Socialist Provisional government.

Kesselring, Albert. 1887-1960. German Commander-in-Chief in Italy, 1943. Delayed Allied victory. WWII.

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.

Khmer. 5-15C Cambodian empire defeated by Thai, Annam.

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah. 1901-89. Iranian Shi’ite Moslem Fundamentalist leader. Exiled 1963-79. Dictator 1979-. Islamic Revolution.

Khrushchev, Nikita. 1894-1971. Soviet leader 1953-64. Berlin Wall 1961. Hungarian Uprising 1956. Malenkov.

Kiangsi Soviet. 1931-4. Chinese Communist Provincial government vs Nationalists under Mao. Long March.

Kido Koin. 1833-77. Japanese statesman. Overthrew Shogunate 1868. Ended feudalism.

Kiel, Treaty. 1814. Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.

Kielland, Alexander. 1849-1906. Norwegian author. Workers 1881.

Kierkegaard, Sören. 1813-55. Danish founder of Existentialism. Either-Or 1843. Fear and Trembling 1843. Influenced Heidegger. Individual must consciously choose among life’s alternatives.

Kinetic Art. 20C. Works which move, or give the illusion of movement. Calder. Riley.

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

King Philip’s War. 1675-6. Bloody conflict of New England colonists vs Indians under Philip.

King’s Law. 1665. Justified Christian V’s Absolute Monarchy in Denmark + Norway.

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