John de la Pole - John de la Pole There have been several notable individuals of this name in British history. John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442 - 1491) was the son of William de la Pole, the first duke, who was executed in 1450. John succeeded to the title and in 1460 or 1461 married Elizabeth, the sister of King Edward IV of England. John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (1462/1464 - 1487) was the eldest son of the above. During the last year of the reign of King Richard III, he was designated heir to the throne, being Richard's closest adult male relative in the Yorkist line. After Richard's defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, Lincoln was reconciled with the new king, Henry.
Geographic North Pole - Geographic North Pole The Geographic North Pole, also known as true North, is the northern point at which the Earth's axis of rotation meets the surface. For other definitions of the North Pole, see North Pole. Geographic North has a known fixed position, at latitude 90° North. In whichever direction you travel from here, you are always heading south. The boundaries of Canada extend all the way to the Geographic North Pole. There is no land at this location, which is usually covered by sea ice. The first expedition to the pole is generally accepted to have been made by Navy engineer Robert Edwin Peary, his servant Matthew Henson, and four Inuit men, Ootah, Seegloo, Egingway, and Ooqueah, on April 9, 1909. However, some have estimated that Peary.
Geomagnetic North Pole - Geomagnetic North Pole The Geomagnetic North Pole is the pole of the Earth's geomagnetic field closest to true north. For other places known as the North Pole, see North Pole. Like the Magnetic North Pole, is it a south magnetic pole, because it attracts the north pole of a bar magnet. It is the centre of the region in the magnetosphere in which the Aurora Borealis can be seen. Its present location is 78°30' North, 69° West, near Thule in Greenland. The first voyage to this pole was by David Hempleman-Adams in 1992..
Edmund de la Pole - Edmund de la Pole Edmund de la Pole (1471/1472 - 1513), Duke of Suffolk, was the younger brother of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and a nephew of King Edward IV and King Richard III. Following John's death at the Battle of Stoke in 1487, Edmund became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne. Nevertheless, Henry spared his life and allowed him to succeed to his father's title of Duke of Suffolk in 1491. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope. The headstrong Edmund did not have his elder brother's pragmatism, and a title was not enough for him. He left England in 1501 and went into voluntary exile in France, where he drew others such as Sir James Tyrrell into his intrigue. He.
Dipole - of the charge or magnetic strength of one of the poles and the distance separating the two poles. The direction of the dipole moment corresponds to the direction from the negative to the positive charge or from the south to the north pole. (Because of the absence of magnetic monopoles, magnetic dipoles are actually created by current loops or by quantum-mechanical spin.) When placed in an electric (E) or magnetic (B) field, equal but opposite forces arise on each side of the dipole creating a torque Ï„: Ï„ = p × E (Electric dipole moment p) Ï„ = μ × B (Magnetic dipole moment μ) (note: × corresponds to a vector cross product) which will tend to align the dipole with the field. Strictly speaking a dipole contains only two point.
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Kawiti - sign the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February, 1840 seeing that it would, inevitably lead to further European encroachment and the loss of Maori land. However he eventually yielded to pressure from his own people and signed the Treaty in May 1840, right at the top, above those chiefs who had signed earlier. However he soon grew disenchanted with the course of events and supported Hone Heke in his protests against British rule. When in March 1845 Heke cut down the flag pole at Kororareka for the fourth time thereby initiating the First Maori War Kawiti created a diversion by attacking the town. By now well into his seventies Kawiti was a very experienced warrior, between them he and Heke fought and probably defeated the British. The first serious engagement of.
Kettlebaston - were category five - derelict, and ready for demolition. As the agricultural workers left the land in search of other jobs, (due to the increased mechanisation of farm work), other "outsiders" discovered the secluded beauty of the rural Suffolk countryside, and a new age dawned. The tiny workmen's cottages, (which once housed huge families - and some stock and chickens according to local accounts), were lovingly renovated and converted, and the village was reborn, (and went on to proudly win Babergh Best Kept Village, & runner up in the Suffolk Community Council Best Kept Village Competition, in 1989). The village sign, (bearing two crossed sceptres, topped with doves), was erected to mark the coronation of George VI. It also commemorates that, in 1445, Henry VI granted the Manor of Kettlebaston to.
Knights of the Garter (1349-1699) - Lord Strange of Blackmere (app c.1408) Sir Robert Umfraville (1408) Sir John Cornwall (app c.1410) Henry Scrope, 3rd Lord Scrope of Masham (1409) Thomas Morley, 4th Lord Morley, Captain-General of all forces in France (1411) Sir John d'Abrichecourt (1413) Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, commander at the English siege of Orleans (app c.1414) Thomas Camoys, 1st Lord Camoys (1414) Sir William Harington (1415) William Zouche, 4th Lord Zouche of Hatingworth (1415) John Holland, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, nephew of King Henry IV (1415) Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (1415) Emperor Sigismund (1415) Robert Willoughby, 6th Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1416) Sir John Blount (1417) Sir John Robessart (1417) Hugh Stafford, 4th Lord Bourchier (app c.1418) Sir William Phelipp (app c.1415) John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1419).
Kochab - Minoris, was the naked-eye star that served as the Earth's pole star from 1900 BC to 1100 BC. Due to precession of the equinoxes, the previous holder of the title was Thuban, and the next was the present-day Polaris. The star is 127 light years from Earth, a K4 III of apparent magnitude 2.2 -- this makes its absolute brightness 190 times that of the Sun, though its surface is cool at 3600 Kelvin. Its mass is believed to be about 4.4 times that of the Sun. Its name derives from Arabic and means simply "the star"..
Krypton - is about 1 ppm. It can be extracted from liquid air by fractional distillation. Compounds Like the other rare gases krypton is widely considered to be chemically inert. However, studies conducted since the 1960s have uncovered some compoundss of krypton. Krypton difluoride has been made in gram quantities and can be produced in several different ways. Other fluorides and a salt of a krypton called oxyacid have also been found. ArKrKr+ and KrH+ molecule-ions have been investigated and there is evidence for KrXe or KrXe+. Isotopes Naturally occurring krypton is composed of six stable isotopes. Krypton's spectral signature is easily produced with some very sharp lines. Kr-81 is the product of atmospheric reactions with the other naturally occurring isotopes of krypton. It is radioactive with a half-life of 250,000 years. Like.
Kristian Birkeland - electric currents-today referred to as auroral electrojets-were connected to a system of currents that flowed along geomagnetic field lines into and away from the polar region. He provided a diagram of field-aligned currents in his famous book, The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition 1902-1903. This diagram is reproduced on the back of the bank note in the lower right corner. This book contains chapters on magnetic storms on the Earth and their relationship to the Sun, the origin of the Sun itself, Halley's comet, and the rings of Saturn. Birkeland's vision of field-aligned currents became the source of a controversy that continued for a quarter of a century, because their existence could not be confirmed from ground-based measurements alone. The absolute proof of Birkeland's field-aligned currents could only come from observations made.
KREEP - form a compact crystal structure. KREEP is used by scientists to trace the volcanic history of the Moon and to record the impacts by meteorites. Results from Lunar Prospector's gamma ray spectrometer shows that KREEP-containing rocks are concentrated in the Mare Imbrium rim, the nearside maria and highlands near Imbrium and the Mare Ingenii South Pole-Aitken basin and are distributed at a lower level in the highlands. The distribution seen by Lunar Prospector supports the idea that the impact which formed Mare Imbrium excavated KREEP-rich rocks and ejected them over the Moon and the South Pole-Aitkin basin impact also exposed KREEP-rich material..
Krystyna Skarbek - British Intelligence to offer her services to conduct subversive activities in Poland. Before anything further materialized, their marriage failed and she joined a group of Polish resistance workers, ending up in Budapest, Hungary, working with fellow Pole, Andrezej Kowerski. During the years Krystyna Skarbek spent working in Hungary, she was involved in many very hazardous missions. She made several sabotage expeditions into Poland where she was also able to record German troop movements, information that she sent back to British Intelligence. She was arrested twice, but on both occasions she managed to get away. After her second escape from enemy hands she fled to England where she joined the Special Operations Executive. Fluent in the French language, she was assigned to SOE's F Section and given the name Christine Granville under.
Venera 15 and 16 - 4 degrees relative to one another. This made it possible to reimage an area if necessary. Each spacecraft was in a nearly polar orbit with a periapsis at 62 N latitude. Together, the two spacecraft imaged the area from the north pole down to about 30 degrees N latitude over the 8 months of mapping operations. In June 1984, Venus was at superior conjunction and passed behind the Sun as seen from Earth. No transmissions were possible, so the orbit of Venera 16 was rotated back 20 degrees at this time to map the areas missed during this period. Venera 15 was launched on June 2 1983, and Venera 16 four days later. Venera 16 reached Venus' orbit on October 14 1983. At one point in time, in 1984, Venus orbit.
Kuk Sool Won - Conditioning: stretching and flexibility training, cardiovascular conditioning, muscle training, joint flexibility and bone conditioning. Animal-Style Techniques: techniques based on the movements and/or characteristics of certain "martial" animals such as Tiger, Praying Mantis, Crane, Dragon, Bear, etc. Traditional Korean Weapons: straight sword, inverted sword, double sword, double short sword, pole, jool bong (nunchaku), short stick, double short stick, spear, cane, belt, folding, fan, etc. (There are 24 different traditional Korean Royal Court weapons in the curriculum of Kuk Sool Won™) plus Buddhist- and family weaponry. Martial Art Healing Methods: (beginning at Instructor Level) acupressure, acupuncture, internal energy systems, herbal medicine, etc. As you can see, Kuk Sool Won™ covers an extensive variety of techniques and martial art methods, but it is not merely concerned with the physical methods of attack and defense:.
January 17 - Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal. 1873 - First Battle of the Stronghold in the US Modoc War 1893 - American sugar planters overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. 1899 - United States takes possession of Wake Island. 1912 - Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) is formed. 1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. 1945 - Soviets occupy Warsaw. 1945 - Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation. 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody. 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session. 1949 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, airs. 1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves.
January 16 - War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna. 1847 - John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. 1883 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed. 1900 - The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the Samoan islands. 1909 - Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. 1919 - The 18th Amendment, authorizing Prohibition, goes into effect in the United States. 1938 - Benny Goodman plays Carnegie Hall. 1945 - Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker. 1956 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. 1957 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool. 1961 - Mickey Mantle.
James Tyrrell - James was in France at the time of the Tudor invasion in 1485 and played no part in the Battle of Bosworth Field. In the following year, he returned to England and was pardoned by King Henry VII, who reappointed him governor of Guisnes (in the English possession of Calais). However, in 1501, Tyrrell lent his support to Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, now the leading Yorkist claimant to the English throne, who was in voluntary exile. When Henry heard of this, Tyrrell was recalled, accused of treason, and tortured. Thomas More wrote that, during his examination, Tyrrell made his confession, implicating two other men, but, despite further questioning, was unable to say where the bodies were -- he claimed that they had been moved. He was beheaded on.
James Clark Ross - 1819 to 1827. In 1831, Ross and his uncle, Sir John Ross, located the North Magnetic Pole as part of a magnetic survey. In 1839 - 1843 James Ross led an Antarctic expedition (1839-43) which charted much of the coastline of the continent. In 1841, he discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Erebus (a volcano named after one of his ships). The Victoria Barrier later gained the name "Ross Ice Shelf" in his honour. A blue plaque marks Ross's home in Blackheath, London..
