Karl Pearson - his estate to the University of London for a Chair in Eugenics. Pearson was the first holder of this chair, in accordance with Galton's wishes. He formed the Department of Applied Statistics, into which he incorporated the Biometric and Galton laboratories. He remained with the department until his retirement in 1933, and continued to work until his death in 1936. Pearson married Maria Sharpe in 1890, and between them they had 2 daughters and a son. The son, Egon Sharpe Pearson, succeeded him as head of the Applied Statistics Department at University College. Aside from his professional life, Pearson was active as a prominent freethinker and socialist. He gave lectures on such issues as "the woman's question" (this was the era of the suffragette movement in the UK) and upon Karl.
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan - Panikkar), who is popularly known as Kadammanitta was born on March 22nd 1935 in Kadammanitta province of the present Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. His childhood experiences, especially the Patayani songs, imparted strong influence in his literary work. With his powerful and mind provoking poems he became one of the gifted rebellious voices in modern Malayalam literature. More than anything, it was his style of reciting his own poems in a powerful manner made him darling of many progressives. During his college days, he was involved with the student federation as well as communist party. In 1992 he became the vice president of Purogamana Sahitya Sangham (Vangaurd of Progressive Literature) In 1996, he was elected to Kerala state legislative assembly from Aranmula constituency in Pathanamthitta district. He was awarded Kerala Sahithya Academy award.
Karl Barth - in the village of Safenwil in the canton Aargau. Later he was professor of theology in Germany. He had to leave Germany in 1935 after he refused to swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler. Barth went back to Switzerland and became professor in Basel. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Quote 2 Writings by Karl Barth 3.
Karl Wallenda - 73 attempted a walk between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 37 m above the pavement, fell to his death when winds exceeded 48 km/h. Three members of the family died in 1996: Helen Kreis (December 11, 1910 - May 9, 1996) was the last surviving member of the original troupe. She joined the Wallendas when she was 16. Helen and Karl Wallenda were married in 1935. Until she retired in 1956, she was balanced at the peak of the seven-person pyramid. Gunther Wallenda (1927 - March 16, 1996), Karl's nephew, began training on the wire at age five, though he was already part of the act. In 1944, in what became the worst circus tragedy ever, a fire broke out in a circus tent in.
Kathleen Ferrier - worked as a telephone operator in Blackburn. She married a bank manager called Bert Wilson in 1935, and moved to Carlisle. It was in Carlisle that her husband bet her that she could not sing in a singing competition. She entered and won in two categories. She had thought to enter as a pianist. It could have been this which brought her talents to public attention, and was a significant factor in her deciding to pursue a career in music. Her marriage, however, did not work out, and was annulled after 12 years. She studied with the baritone, Roy Henderson, who was a well known singing teacher at the time. Benjamin Britten wrote several parts specifically for her, including Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Abraham and Isaac (also written for.
Kaminaljuyu - 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 and Lic. J. Antonio Villacorta C., the Minister of Public Education in Guatemala City, requested archaeologists Alfred Kidder, Jesse Jennings and Edwin Shook to.
Kellogg-Briand Pact - it was proclaimed - Poland (in March), Belgium (in March), France (in March), and Japan (in April). It was proclaimed to go into effect on July 24, 1929. Sixty-two nations ultimately signed up to the pact. The pact never made any real contribution to international peace and quickly proved to be meaningless, especially after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. The pact enabled the creation of the notion of crime against peace -- for committing this crime, the Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced a number of persons responsible for starting World War II (see: Nuremberg Trials).''' The interdiction of aggressive war was confirmed and broadened by the United Nations Charter, which states in article 2 paragraph 3 that "All Members shall refrain in their.
Kentucky Derby - 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 Tomy Lee 1960 Venetian Way 1961 Carry Back 1962 Decidedly 1963 Chateaugay 1964 Northern Dancer 1965 Lucky Debonair 1966 Kauai King 1967 Proud Clarion 1968 Forward Pass++ 1969 Majestic.
Ken Kesey - Kesey Ken Kesey (September 17, 1935 - November 10, 2001) was an American author and prolific throughout his life but he was probably best known as the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as a cultural icon who some consider something of a link between the "beat generation" of the 1950s and the "hippies" of the 1960s. Born in La Junta, Colorado, he spent much of his youth in the Pacific Northwest. There he married Faye Haxby, with whom he had three children, Jed, Zane and Shannon. He attended the University of Oregon, where he received a degree in speech and communication and was an Olympic-caliber wrestler. He was awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship in 1958; he moved to Palo Alto, California to enroll in the creative.
Kentucky Oaks - 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 Valdina Myth 1942 Miss Dogwood 1943 Nellie L. 1944 Canina 1945 Come and Go 1946 First Page 1947 Blue Grass 1948 Challe Anne 1949 Wistful 1950.
Key West, Florida - took charge of Key West, which he ruled (according to some, exceeding his authority) as military dictator under martial law. Major industries in Key West in the early 19th century included fishing, salt production, and most famously salvage. A number of the inhabitants worked salvaging ship wrecks from nearby Florida reefs, and the town was noted for the unusually high concentration of fine furniture and chandeliers which the locals used in their own homes after salvaging them from wrecks. During the American Civil War, while Florida joined the Confederate States of America, Key West remained in US hands thanks to the Naval base. In the late 19th century salt and salvage declined as industries, but Key West gained a thriving cigar making industry. Many Cubans moved to Key West during Cuba's.
Kentucky Futurity - 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 - Bangaway 1950 - Star's Pride 1951 - Ford Hanover 1952 - Sharp Note 1953 - Kimberly Kid 1954 - Harlan 1955 - Scott Frost 1956 -.
Kenzaburo Oe - 健三郎 born 1935) is a Japanese writer. Born and raised in a village in Shikoku, he moved to Tokyo at age eighteen to study French literature at Tokyo University and began writing while still a student in 1957, strongly influenced by contemporary writing in France and the United States. Oe won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994. See also: Japanese literature Works in English Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (1958) A Personal Matter (1968) The Silent Cry (1974) Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness (1977) Hiroshima Notes (1982) Japan's Dual Identity: A Writer's Dilemma (1988) External Links http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1994/oe-bio.html http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/oe.htm\n.
Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika - postage stamps issued by the East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration between 1935 and 1961 for use in the colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika. Philatelists usually class the 1921-1927 issues of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorates and Kenya and Uganda under the KUT rubric, but the first issues spelling out all the names of the colonies came in 1935, in the form of common design commemoratives for the Silver Jubilee of King George V as well as a definitive series featuring a profile of the king and local scenes. The definitives included a dramatic departure form the usual engraved stamps of the period; the 10c and 1lb stamp were typographed and had a silhouette of a lion, with color combinations of black/yellow and black/red, respectively. The same designs were.
Kenneth Anger - author. As a child he played the child prince in the 1935 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream and attended the Maurice Kossloff Dancing School with Shirley Temple. He gained fame and notoriety from the publication of Hollywood Babylon in 1958, a tell-all book of the scandals of Hollywood's rich and famous. He became fascinated with the supernatural and Aleister Crowley sometime in his late teens and many of his films reflect occult themes. He began making films around age 11, but his early films were mostly destroyed. His first film to see distribution was Fireworks in 1947. While most of his films are short subject (ranging from 3.5 minutes to 30 minutes) mood pieces, in 1955 he made a documentary film of the ruins of Crowley's magical abbey in Cefalu,.
Kibbutz - due to the idealogic passion of its members. In the following years, more and more kibbutzim were erected, mainly in the Galilee and Gush Dan (The Coastal plain). In the 1940s, Israeli kibbutzim were erected in the northern Negev and, after the state of Israel was founded, kibbutzim were also erected in the Arava, the south-eastern part of the Negev. List of famous Kibbutzim Beit ha-Shita Dgania (1910) Givat Brener Ginosar (1937) Grophit Heftziba (1922) Hulda (1930) Kinneret (1909) Maale ha-Hamisha (1938) Migdal (1910) Mishmar a-Shlosha (1937) Sajera Sde Boker Shfaim (1935) Tirat Tzvi (1937) Yotveta.
Kingdom Hall - Witnesses. Officially given its name by the then Watchtower president, J.F. Rutherford, in 1935, it is there where Jehovah's Witnesses receive the majority of their Bible education and instruction. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Uses 2 Maintenance 3 Location and Presentation Uses Typically three nights a week (or more, depending upon how many congregations use the same building), a congregation will meet in their Kingdom Hall for the purpose of receiving instruction from the Scriptures and building each other's faith through association, and is often the gathering place used for prayer and encouragement before engaging in their door-to-door ministry. Maintenance Kingdom Halls vary in size and in shape, but are often noted for their cleanliness and modest, yet attractive appearance. The upkeep of each Kingdom Hall is due to the work.
Kingdom of Romania - instituted a short-lived royal dictatorship. (These events are further detailed in the article Romania during World War II.) In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which stipulated, among other things, the Soviet "interest" in Bessarabia. Timeline 1918 "Greater Romania." Constitution of 1918 grants citizenship to the Jews and other previously disenfranchised minorities. 1920 Treaty of Trianon upholds Romanian unification. 1921 (Generally unsuccessful) agrarian reform. 1923 Liberal constitution of 1923. Christian National Defense League (LANC) founded. 1924 LANC member (later Iron Guard founder) C.Z. Codreanu assassinates Prefect of Police in Iaşi but is acquitted. 1926 Liberal Electoral Law adopted. "Little Entente" with Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia and Franco-Romanian Treaty. 1927 National Peasant Party takes over government from National Liberal Party. Legion of the Archangel Michael, later Iron Guard, splits.
Kitty Genovese - Kitty Genovese Catherine Genovese (1935 - March 13, 1964) (most commonly known as Kitty Genovese) was a 28 year old bar manager who was stabbed to death on March 13, 1964 between 3:00 AM-3:35 AM by Winston Moseley, 29, a married business-machine operator. She spotted her killer before he threatened her, and was walking towards a police call-box when he attacked her the first time. Thirty-eight of her neighbors witnessed at least one of three different stabbings, and heard her asking for help. None picked up the telephone, or aided her, other than to shout at her attacker, until 3:50 AM. Police arrived in 2 minutes, finding her dead. Moseley was subsequently arrested and convicted of her murder and was sentenced to death, which was commuted to life in prison..
Kliment Voroshilov - Military Revolutionary Council of the USSR, a post he held until 1934. He was made full member of the newly formed Politburo in 1926, remaining a member until 1952. He was heavily involved in the Great Purge that lasted throughout the 1930s. Voroshilov was appointed People's Commissar for Defence in 1934 and a marshal of the Soviet Union in 1935. He lost his post as defense commissar over the Russo-Finnish war (1939-1940). During World War II, Voroshilov was a member of the State Defense Committee . He was made commander of the northwest armies for two months in 1941, but failed to prevent the Germans from surrounding Leningrad and promptly lost that office. In 1945-47 he supervised the establishment of the communist regime in Hungary. In 1952, Voroshilov was appointed a.
