Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg - 22, 1952), First president of Finland 1919-1925, a Nationalist Liberal. Ståhlberg was born in Suomussalmi in Finland. He was christened Carl Johan, which he later changed to Finnish form like most fennomans (supporters of Finnish language and culture). In Oulu Finnish lycee he was the primus of his class. In 1889 he graduated in Laws, as a Bachelor of Arts. He had a long career as the presenter and planner of the Senate's legislation already when Finland was a Russian Grand Duchy. He supported constitutional legislative policies, including legislative resistance, against the attempted Russification of Finland, eventually even women's suffrage, and had a moderate line on Prohibition. In the beginning of Finland's independence he became the chairman of the Constitutional Council. They formed the first Constitution for Finland as an independent.
Karl Pearson - loathed the working class." Pearson openly advocated "war" against "inferior races," and saw this as a logical implication of his scientific work on human measurement: "My view -- and I think it may be called the scientific view of a nation," he wrote, "-- is that of an organized whole, kept up to a high pitch of internal efficiency by insuring that its numbers are substantially recruited from the better stocks, and kept up to a high pitch of external efficiency by contest, chiefly by way of war with inferior races." Awards from Professional Bodies Pearson achieved widespread recognition across a range of disciplines and his membership of, and awards from, various professional bodies reflects this: 1896: elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1898: awarded the Darwin Medal 1911: awarded the.
Karl Mannheim - of the 20th century. 1914 he heard in Berlin Georg Simmel and worked from 1922 - 1925 in Heidelberg under the german sociologist Alfred Weber, brother of the very well known german sociologist Max Weber. One of his assistants was Norbert Elias (from spring 1930 until spring 1933). Important work: Ideology and Utopia. Mannheim is seen as a founder for the sociology of knowledge..
Kansas City Blues - City had the Blues in 1924 and the Cowboys in 1925-1926 National Football League seasons..
Kansas City Cowboys - City had the Blues in 1924 and the Cowboys in 1925-1926 National Football League seasons..
Kavminvodyavia - Vody in the Caucasus. The company also operates the airport of the city. The first air operation dates from 1925, when the one aircraft was a French Dornue-Comet. The present three-story airport building opened in 1965. The airport and its civil aviation service was reorganized into the Mineralnye Vody Civil Aviation Enterprise in 1988, under the direction of V.V. Babaskin. It was reorganized again in 1995, receiving its present name. The airline purchased several Tu-204s in 1997..
Kaminaljuyu - is surrounded by hills which culminate in a string of lofty volcanoes to the south that separate the area from the Pacific coastal plain. The climate is temperate and the soil is rich. The area was largely swallowed up by real estate developments in the late 20th century, although a portion of the center of Kaminaljuyu is preserved as a park. The site was first excavated in 1925 by Manuel Gamio when he made stratigraphic excavations and found deep cultural deposits yielding potsherds and clay figurines from the Middle Cultures (from 1500 B.C.E. to 150 A.D.). Later the extent of the site’s importance was discovered in 1935 when a local football club began cutting away the edges of two inconspicuous mounds to lengthen their practice field. They uncovered a buried structure.
Kennelly-Heaviside Layer - electromagnetic propagation and resonance and deduced that the resonant frequency of this area was approximately eight hertz. Its existence was proposed in 1902 independently and almost simultaneously by the American electrical engineer Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1861-1949) and the British physicist Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925). It was finally detected in 1923. In the 1950s, researchers confirmed the resonant frequency was approximately eight hertz. The "Heaviside Layer" is used as a symbol for heaven (in the afterlife sense) in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. This reference is based on a quote found in a letter written by T. S. Eliot, whose book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats forms the basis of the musical..
Kentucky Derby - 1908 Stone Street 1909 Wintergreen 1910 Donau 1911 Meridian 1912 Worth 1913 Donerail 1914 Old Rosebud 1915 Regret 1916 George Smith 1917 Omar Khayyam 1918 Exterminator 1919 Sir Barton* 1920 Paul Jones 1921 Behave Yourself 1922 Morvich 1923 Zev 1924 Black Gold 1925 Flying Ebony 1926 Bubbling Over 1927 Whiskery 1928 Reigh Count 1929 Clyde Van Dusen 1930 Gallant Fox* 1931 Twenty Grand 1932 Burgoo King 1933 Broker's Tip 1934 Cavalcade 1935 Omaha* 1936 Bold Venture 1937 War Admiral* 1938 Lawrin 1939 Johnstown 1940 Gallahadion 1941 Whirlaway* 1942 Shut Out 1943 Count Fleet* 1944 Pensive 1945 Hoop, Jr 1946 Assault* 1947 Jet Pilot 1948 Citation* 1949 Ponder 1950 Middleground 1951 Count Turf 1952 Hill Gail 1953 Dark Star 1954 Determine 1955 Swaps 1956 Needles 1957 Iron Liege 1958 Tim Tam 1959.
Keeshond - cm) tall and weighs 35-40 pounds (about 16 to 18 kg). Its closest relative is the Pomeranian. Originally called the German Spitz, the name was officially changed to Keeshond in 1925..
Kennedy political dynasty - Europe. He was single at the time of his death and had no children. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 - 1963) JFK was a U.S. Congressman, a U.S. Senator and later President. He was assassinated. He married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and had three children, two of whom survived to adulthood. Rosemary Kennedy (born 1918) Always mentally challenged, she was rendered incapable of caring for herself by a lobotomy requested by her father, Joe Sr. She is currently living in a residental care facility in Wisconsin. Kathleen Agnes Kennedy (1920 - 1948) Kathleen married twice and was killed in a plane crash in Europe. She was known as "Kick." Eunice Mary Kennedy (born 1921) Eunice is best known as the founder of the Special Olympics, an organization she began in honor of her.
Kentucky Oaks - Ten Penny 1889 Jewel Ban 1890 English Lady 1891 Miss Hawkins 1892 Miss Dixie 1893 Monrovia 1894 Selika 1895 Voladora 1896 Souffle 1897 White Frost 1898 Crocket 1899 Rush 1900 Etta 1901 Lady Schorr 1902 Wainamoinen 1903 Lemco 1904 Audience 1905 Janeta 1906 King's Daughter 1907 Wing Ting 1908 Ellen-a-Dale 1909 Floreal 1910 Samaria 1911 Bettie Sue 1912 Flamma 1913 Cream 1914 Bronzewing 1915 Waterblossom 1916 Kathleen 1917 Sunbonnett 1918 Viva America 1919 Lillian Shaw 1920 Lorraine 1921 Nancy Lee 1922 Startle 1923 Untidy 1924 Princess Doreen 1925 Deeming 1926 Black Maria 1927 Mary Jane 1928 Easter Stockings 1929 Rose of Sharon 1930 Alcibiades 1931 Cousin Jo 1932 Suntica 1933 Barn Swallow 1934 Fiji 1935 Paradisical 1936 Two Bob 1937 Mars Shield 1938 Flying Lee 1939 Flying Lill 1940 Inscolassie 1941.
Vere Gordon Childe - Childe was born in 1892 in Sydney, and came to Britain to attend the University of Oxford (Queen's College). His book, The Dawn of European Civilisation (1925) won him immediate recognition, and he followed it up with other books on archaeological theory. He was multi-talented, being an accomplished linguist, and by 1927 had been appointed Professor of Archaeology at Edinburgh, a post which he held until 1946. His excavation of Skara Brae took place in 1928, when he was summoned to supervise the work which had begun as a result of storm damage uncovering previously undiscovered structures in addition to those already exposed. After leaving Edinburgh, Childe worked at the University of London for ten years, until his retirement in 1956. He returned to Australia, but died in 1957 in the.
Keith Laumer - Laumer John Keith Laumer (June 9 1925 - January 23 1993) was an American science fiction author. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Kentucky Futurity - - Peter Thompson 1912 - Manrico B 1913 - Etowah 1914 - Peter Volo 1915 - Mary Putney 1916 - Volga 1917 - The Real Lady 1918 - Nella Dillon 1919 - Periscope 1920 - Arion Guy 1921 - Rose Scott 1922 - Lee Worthy 1923 - Ethelinda 1924 - Mr McElwyn 1925 - Aileen Guy 1926 - Guy McKinney 1927 - Iosola's Worthy 1928 - Spencer 1929 - Walter Dear 1930 - Hanover's Bertha 1931 - The Protector 1932 - The Marchioness 1933 - Meda 1934 - Princess Peg 1935 - Lawrence Hanover 1936 - Rosalind 1937 - Twilight Song 1938 - McLin Hanover 1939 - Peter Astra 1940 - Spencer Scott 1941 - Bill Gallon 1946 - Victory Song 1947 - Hoot Mon 1948 - Egan Hanover 1949 -.
Keio Line - Tokyo, to the suburban city of Hachioji. The Shinjuku-Chofu portion opened in 1913, and the extension to Hachioji was completed in 1925. Stations Italics denote stops on the fastest limited express service. Shinjuku Station (transfers to several main lines) Sasazuka Station (Keio New Line) Daitabachi Station Meidaimae Station (Keio Inokashira Line) Shimo-Takaido Station (Tokyu Setagaya Line) Sakurajosui Station Kami-Kitazawa Station Hachimanyama Station Roka-Koen Station Chitose-Karasuyama Station Sengawa Station Tsutsujigaoka Station Shibasaki Station Kokuryo Station Fuda Station Chofu Station (Keio Sagamihara Line) Nishi-Chofu Station Tobitakyu Station Musashinodai Station Tamareien Station Higashi-Fuchu Station (Keio Keibajo Line) Fuchu Station Bubaigawara Station (Nambu Line) Nakagawara Station Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station Mogusaen Station Takahatafudo Station (Keio Dobutsuen Line, Tama Monorail) Minamidaira Station Hirayama-Joshikoen Station Naganuma Station Kitano Station (Keio Takao Line) Keio Hachioji Station.
Keio Hachioji Station - Station. It was originally Higashi-Hachioji Station, a station of the Onan Electric Railway, which opened in 1925. After Onan was merged into Keio, service from Hachioji to Shinjuku began in 1928. The station was renamed in 1963 and moved to its present underground location on April 2, 1989..
King Kong - also released in 1933. The story concerned a return expedition to Skull Island discovers that the King has left behind an albino son. The premise of a giant gorilla brought to the United States for entertainment purposes and wreaking havoc was recycled in Mighty Joe Young, (1949, 1998), but was itself similar to that of an earlier O'Brien effort, The Lost World (1925), in which a brontosaurus rampages through London. King Kong also appeared in two Japanese kaiju films: King Kong vs Godzilla and King Kong Escapes. In 1976, King Kong was remade by Dino De Laurentiis. Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges starred. The film was ridiculed by critics and a commercial flop. A sequel, King Kong Lives, starring Linda Hamilton, followed a decade later. In 2003, Universal Pictures planned another.
Kim Il-sung - After following his father to Jilin, China in 1925, he studied at Fusong Number One Elementary School (撫松第一小學) for a year, then spent four years in Yuwen Middle School (毓文中學). It is during this period that he organized an anti-imperalist society. He was a founding member of the Young Communist League of Korea in 1927. In 1930, he founded the Korean Revolutionary Army, a guerrilla group that fought the Japanese. In 1931, Kim left to join a Chinese Communist guerrilla group fighting in Manchuria. It was during this time that he assumed the pseudonym Kim Il Sung. In 1941, forced to leave Manchuria, Kim went to the Soviet Union. There he remained until he returned to Korea in 1945 to form the Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of North.
Kim Philby - Istanbul. He later became first secretary at the British embassy in Washington. He returned to Britain in 1950 and in 1951 managed to tip off Burgess and Maclean to an internal British intelligence probe, this warning allowed them time to escape to the Soviet Union. He was not uncovered until 1963 (with the defection of Anatoli Golytsin) but Philby also escaped to the Soviet Union before any arrest could be made. He died in 1988 and was given a hero's funeral by the Soviet government. Tim Powers based the book Declare on his unusual life story, providing a supernatural explanation for his behavior ("Tradecraft meets Lovecraft"). Chronology of Philby's career 1925 Goes to Westminster School 1929 Enters Trinity College, Cambridge, at the of 17 and joins the Cambridge University Socialist Society,.
