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Klemperer, Otto. 1885-1973. German conductor of Stravinsky, Mahler, Beethoven.
Krylov, Ivan. 1769-1844. Russian satirical writer. Fables 1809.
Leeuwenhoek, Antony van. 1632-1723. Dutch. First to describe bacteria 1680, protozoa, corpuscles, spermatazoa 1675.
Leningrad Affair. 1948. Purge of Zhdanov associates by Stalin.
Levant. Region of E Mediterranean from Greece to Egypt.
Libya. 7C BC Phoenician, Carthage, Greek colonies. 46BC Rome. 476 Vandal(W). 534 Byzantine 647 Arab. 1551 Ottoman. 1911 Italian colony. 1943 British/French 1950 Independent Kingdom. 1969 Qaddafi coup. Terrorism. Lockerbie.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. 1807-82. US poet. Evangeline 1847. Hiawatha 1855. Paul Revere’s Ride 1863.
Lowell, Percival. 1855-1916. US astronomer. Predicted Pluto 1905 (erroneously). PL of Pluto name after him. Studied Mars’ “canals” 1906. Schiaparelli.
Maerlant, Jacob van. 1225-91. Flemish didactic poet. Spiegel Historiael 1282-91.
Maine. 1898. US battleship destroyed at Havana. Excuse for Spanish American War.
Malta. c800BC Phoenecia...Carthage. 218BC Rome. 5C Vandal/ Goth. 6C Byzantine. 870 Arab. 1090 Sicily. 1530 Knights of St. John. 1798 French. 1814 British. 1964 Indepependent. 1974 Republic. Population awarded George Cross 1942.
Mazepa, Ivan. 1644-1709. Cossack. Fought for Ukraine independence from Poland.
McPherson, Aimee Semple.1890-1944. Controversial Canadian/US Pentacostal evangelist.
Mesopotamia, Battle. 1914-16. WWI. British advance from Basra to Babylon.
Mestrovic, Ivan. 1883-1962. Croatian/US monumental sculptor. Belgrade mausoleum for unknown soldier.
Methodism. Protestant religious movement founded by Wesley 1729. Moravian, Calvinistic evangelical.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig. 1886-1969. German/US Bauhaus architect. Glass and steel. Glass Skyscraper 1921. -“less is more”.
Morocco. c2000BC Berbers. c12C BC Phoenecians settle. 1C BC Rome. 5C Vandal. 533 Byzantine. 682 Moslem. 739 Berber revolt. 788 Idrisid dynasty. 1061 Almoravid. 1147 Almohad. 1269 Marinids. 1550 Saadis. 1666 Alawis. 1668 Berber. 18C French influence. 1912 Spanish(N)/French protectorate. 1956 Independent. Ceuta. Melilla.
Mutanabbi, al-. 915-65. Arab panegyric poet. Divan.
NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1909-. For US black civil rights. Niagara Movement. Du Bois.
New Hebrides. Melanesians, Polynesians. 1606 de Quiros discovers. 1768 Bougainville rediscovers. 1774 Cook charts. 1887 Joint French/English admin. 1980 -Vanuatu.
Nguyen van Thieu. 1923-. South Vietnam president 1967-75.
Nikolsburg, Treaty. 1621. Austria regained Hungarian crown, Transylvania enlarged.
Nirvana. Hindu and Buddhist final state of freedom.
Numidia. 3C BC-428. Country in N Africa. 46BC Rome. 428 Vandal. ≈Algeria.