Dirac, Paul. 1902-84. English quantum physicist.

Directory. French government 1795-99. Consulate.

Dis (Pater). Roman underworld god. = Pluto. Richest god.

Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.

Disciples of Christ. c1810-. US Protestant organization urging ancient order of Christianity.

Disestablishment Acts. 1869, 1920 End Roman Catholic obligations to fund Episcopal Church of Ireland, Wales.

Dismas, St. Thief converted by Jesus on cross.

Disney, Walt. 1901-1966. US producer of animated cartoons. Mickey Mouse 1928. Snow White 1937. Disneyland 1955.

Disputations. 4-18C Compulsory public debates, Jew vs Christian.

Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.

Disruption. 1843. Free Church secedes from Church of Scotland.

Dissolution of Monasteries. 1536, small; 1539, large. Henry VIII siezes wealth of church.

Dittersdorf, Karl von. 1739-99. Viennese light opera composer. Singspiel.

Divine, Father. 1882-1965. US black leader. Peace Mission Movement.

Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Dix, Dorothea. 1802-87. US social reformer for mentally ill.

Dixie. US states south of Mason-Dixon line.

Dixiecrats. 1948. Org. of S US Democrats.

Djibouti. 1896 =French Somaliland (Afars, Issas). 1977 Independent.

Djilas, Milovan. 1911- Yugoslav Communist dissident.

Dmitri. 1350-89. Moscow prince defeats Golden Horde 1380.

Dmitri. -1591. Murdered heir to Russian throne. Gudunov. Time of Troubles. 1605-12 three “False Dmitris” claim throne.

Dobson, Frank. 1888-1963. English modernist sculptor.

Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.

Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.

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