Karl Koch (director) - to Luchino Visconti. Filmography: La Marseillaise (1938) La Règle du jeu (1939) La Tosca (1941) Signora dell'ovest (1942) aka Girl of the Golden West Night of the Silvery Moon (1954).
Katyn Massacre - had become prisoners of war following the invasion and defeat of Poland by the Nazis and the Soviet Union in September 1939. In 1943 the Wehrmacht discovered the mass grave of over 4000 Polish officers in the forest near Katyn and accused the Soviets of having massacred them. The Allies were aware that the Nazis had found a mass grave, as the discovery transpired, via radio transmissions intercepted and decrypted by Bletchley Park. The Soviet government denied the German charges and asserted that the Poles, war prisoners, had been captured and executed by invading German units in 1941. In 1944, having retaken the Katyn area, the Soviets exhumed the bodies again. That same year, President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt assigned Captain George Earle, his special emissary to the.
Karen Black - Black Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an American actress, writer, singer, and songwriter. She has well over one hundred films to her credit. External Link Official Karen Black Online.
Karakol - In 1888, when the Russian explorer Przhevalsky died in Karakol of typhoid, whilst preparing for an expedition to Tibet, the city was renamed Przhevalsk in his honor. After local protests, the town was given its original name back in 1921 - a decision reversed in 1939. Karakol then remained Przhevalsk until the fall of the Soviet Union..
Kate O'Mara - Kate O'Mara (born August 10, 1939), British actress, best known for her work in television series, specifically the American soap opera Dynasty and the British soap opera Crossroads. She also played a memorable villainess, the Rani, in the British television series Doctor Who. Filmography Weavers Green (TV Series) Corruption (1967) The Limbo Line (1968) Promenade (1968) Great Catherine (1968) The Desperados (1969) The Main Chance (TV Series) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) The Vampire Lovers (1970) The Brothers (TV series) Clouds of Witness" (1972) (TV mini-series) Whose Child Am I? (1974) The Tamarind Seed (1974) Machinegunner (1976) (TV) The Nativity, (1978) (TV) Tuntematon ystävä (1978) The Plank (1979) (TV) Triangle (TV series) Dynasty (TV series) Howard's Way (TV series) Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (TV series) The Road to Ithaca (1999).
Kaneohe Bay - development within a large lagoon of shoaling reefs. Two navigable channels cut across the northern and southern ends of the barrier reef. The deeper, northern channel, located off Kualoa Beach Park, provides entrance from the North Pacific Ocean to a ship channel dredged the length of the lagoon between 1939 and 1945. The lagoon contains extensive patch and fringing reefs and its southern end is partly enclosed by the Mokapu Peninsula. This peninsula is occupied by Marine Corps Base Hawaii. A sand bar (Ahu o Laka or locally, the sand bar), Kapapa, and Kekepa (Turtleback Rock) are exposed features on the barrier reef. Two islands within Kāne'ohe Bay are prominent: Mokoli'i (Chinaman's Hat) and Moku o Lo'e (Coconut Island). The largest of these five islets or islands is Coconut Island, an.
Kappa Alpha Society - is thus considered the first modern fraternity. Famous Members of the Kappa Alpha Society William Lyon Mackenzie King, University of Toronto, 1893. Prime Minister of Canada, 1921-1926, 1926-1930, and 1939-1945..
Karl Maria Wiligut - which Himmler personally awarded to prestigious SS officers. Due to his advice, Himmler in 1934 chose Wewelsburg to be the ritual headquarters of the SS. In 1938 he became the head of the "Departement for Pre- and Early History" in Himmler's personal staff. In 1939 his career was permanently damaged when records were unearthed that he had been spent time in a mental institution in Salzburg, Austria. He was forced to resign from the SS. He died in Arolsen..
Karel Ancerl - Scherchen and later worked with Vaclav Talich among others. From 1933 to 1939 and again from 1947 to 1950 he conducted for Prague radio. From 1950 to 1968 he was conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1969 to his death conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He died in Toronto. He was particularly noted for his interpretation of music by Czech composers..
KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff - to German workers, including concerts, cruises and other holidays. The Wilhelm Gustloff was the flagship of the KdF cruise fleet. From its launch in 1937 until 1939 it served its original purpose. From Sep 1939 to Nov 1940, it served as a hospital ship. During the majority of the Second World War, Wilhelm Gustloff was used primarily as a barracks ship for U-boat trainees. Its final voyage was an evacuation of civilians and German soldiers and sailors from Gotenhafen (now and before the war known as Gdynia), the major port north-west of Danzig, shortly before it would be captured by the Russians. For the trip, it was equipped fore and aft with anti-aircraft guns. Heavily overloaded and carrying only about 50% of the rescue equipment necessary to rescue its passengers if.
Kentucky Derby - 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 Prince 1970 Dust Commander 1971 Canonero II 1972 Riva Ridge.
Kenneth Horne - last series of Round the Horne was completed. Since December 2002, editions of Round the Horne may be heard at 19:30 hrs London time (= GMT during the winter months) each Wednesday on the digital service called BBC Radio 7. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Radio 2 TV 3 External Links 4 References Radio Ack Ack, Beer Beer (1939-44) Much Binding In The Marsh (1947-53) Free and Easy (1953) Twenty Questions (as chairman) Beyond Our Ken (1958-64) Round The Horne (1965-9) TV Horne A'Plenty (1968) External Links Short biography BBC Radio 7 References Norman Hackforth, Solo for Horne. A biography of Kenneth Horne (Angus & Robertson hardback, ISBN 0207956502; Coronet Books paperback, ISBN 0340242744).
Kentucky Oaks - 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 Ari's Mona 1951 How 1952 Real Delight 1953 Bubbley 1954 Fascinator.
Verbena Tragica - Tragica ( also known as Tragic Festival) is a 1939 film.. It stars Fernando Soler, Luana Alcañiz, Juan Torena, Pilar Arcos, Cecilia Callejo, Romualdo Tirado and Carlos Villarías. The film is in both the English and Spanish languages. It was written by Jean Bart and Miguel de Zárraga, and directed by Charles Lamont. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry..
Kenneth Clark - in 1932. Works: Another Part of the Wood (1974) Civilisation (1969) Landscape into Art (1949) Leonardo da Vinci (1939) The Nude (1956) The Other Half (1977) Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance (1966) See also: Kenneth Clarke.
Kenyon College - English department is probably the best known, having honored graduates, such as poet and critic John Crowe Ransom, poet Robert Lowell and novelist E.L. Doctorow. The Kenyon Review, a literary magazine was founded in 1939. Kenyon's men's and women's swimming teams, lead by Jim Steen are generally considered the best in NCAA Division III, with the men's team winning 23 national championships and the women's 18. Kenyon's sports teams are referred to as the Lords and Ladies, sporting their colors of purple and white..
Kentucky Futurity - 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 - Nimble Colby 1957 - Cassin Hanover 1958 - Emily's Pride 1959.
Ken Purchase - Purchase Kenneth Purchase (born 8 January 1939) is a British politician. He has been Labour Party member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East since 1992..
Kim Philby - becomes a more ardent socialist. 1933 Leaves Cambridge a convinced Communist with a Degree in Economics, then goes to Vienna where Chancellor Dr Engelbert Dollfuss is preparing the first 'putsch' in February 1934. Philby becomes a Soviet Agent. 1934 Clash between the Gov't and Socialists in Vienna. On Feb 24 Philby marries Litzi Friedman ; then in May, after the collapse of the Socialist movement in Vienna, he returns with his wife to England. He begins work as a sub-editor of a Liberal monthly review, and joins the Anglo-German Fellowship of which Burgess is also a member - its pro-Hitler magazine, supported by Nazi funds was edited by Philby. To cover up his communist background he also makes repeated visits to berlin for talks with the German propaganda Ministry and with.
Kirlian photography - is named after Semyon Kirlian, who discovered the effect in 1939 following the accidental discovery that if an object on a photographic plate is subjected to a high-voltage electric field, an image is created on the plate. The images resemble a rough outline of the object like a colourful halo. Kirlian proposed and promoted the idea that the resulting images of living objects were a physical proof of the life force or aura which allegedly surrounds all living beings. One of the reasons behind this claim is because of a reported number of experiments including some by the Kirlians that cutting part of a leaf off results in leaf that when photographed remained the whole leaf on the Kirlian image. Researchers at Drexel University, however, have claimed that they were unable.
