January 15 - January 15 January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1559 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. 1759 - The British Museum opens. 1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. 1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. 1870 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party.
June 15 - June 15 June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse 923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed, King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy 1094 - Valencia falls to El Cid 1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta 1616 - Pacifique Duplessis opens first school for Indian children in Canada, at Tadoussac, Quebec 1389 - Battle of Kosovo: Turks defeat Serbs and Bosnians 1590 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther.
July 15 - July 15 July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take Jerusalem after a difficult siege. 1410 - Battle of Grunwald (a.k.a. Tannenberg or Zalgiris), power of the Teutonic Knights broken by a defeat from Poles and Lithuanians. 1685 - In England, the Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, after he was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemore. 1799 - In the Egyptian village of Rosette, French Captain Pierre Bouchard finds the Rosetta Stone. 1806 - Pike expedition: Near St. Louis, Missouri, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike leads an expedition.
Irish general election, 1927 (September) - Irish general election, 1927 (September) Party Leader Seats Loss/Gain Dáil Seats (%) Fianna Fáil Eamon de Valera 57 + 13 37.3 Cumann na nGaedhael W.T Cosgrave 62 + 15 40.5 Labour 13 - 9 8.5 Independents - 13 - 3 8.5 Clann na Talmhan Michael Donnellan 6 - 5 3.9 National League ? 2 - 6 1.3 See also: Government of the 6th Dáil Irish General Election, 1927 (June) Irish General Election, 1932 List of Irish general elections.
Katrin Cartlidge - Katrin Cartlidge Katrin Cartlidge (May 15 1961 - September 7 2002) was a British actress. She was already becoming well known for her film work which included work with leading film directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier. This is a stub article: please add more here..
Kansai International Airport - man-made island in Osaka Bay, south of Osaka, Japan. It opened on September 4, 1994. Domestic airlines have maintained the majority of their operations at the old Osaka International Airport (大阪国際空港), or Itami Airport (伊丹空港), which is more conveniently located in respect to Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. Kansai International Airport has a single four-story terminal, which is the world's longest building. A sophisticated people mover system moves passengers from one end of the mile-long pier to the other. In the Kansai dialect, Kansai Airport is often called Kankū (関空). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 International Carriers 2 Domestic Carriers 3 Cargo Carriers 4 History 5 Outlook 6 Ground Transportation 7 External Links International Carriers International arrivals go to immigration and baggage claim on the first floor. International departures are ticketed on.
Kamen - Mc Donnell, Grumman and others December 1945 : With $2,000 and his invention of the servo-flap controlled rotor , 26-year-old Charles Kaman founds the company. January 15, 1947 : K-125 : Kaman's first helicopter July, 1949 : K-225 An improved version, the U.S. Navy buys two and Coast Guard one for $25,000 each. Later, they will receive the H-22 designation. December 1951 : A modified K-225 equipped with a Boeing 502 engine becomes the world's first gas turbine powered helicopter , ushering in the turbine age for helicopters. This aircraft is now at the Smithsonian 1953 : Kaman produced the first electrically powered drone April 1953 : HOK (OH-43) 1954 : K-16 A V/STOL designed around a rotoprop March 1954 : A modified Kaman HTK-1 becomes the world's first twin-turbine powered.
Ken Livingstone - he favoured European integration and proportional representation (neither of which were particularly popular causes among the British left at that time), and when both the GLC and the Militant-controlled Merseyside council protested the government's rate-capping policy by refusing to set a property tax rate, Livingstone relented rather than face the withdrawl of government grant money. Livingstone's practicality (relative to the rest of the Labour left) may in part explain why his popularity grew at a time when other "hard left" figures like Benn and the Militants found themselves increasingly isolated from the general public. Following the Conservative sweep in the 1983 general election, the Tories forged ahead with their long-standing plan to abolish the GLC and devolve control to the individual boroughs. The GLC mounted a massive (and expensive) campaign to.
Venera - return data Venera 5 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 5, 1969 : Arrived May 16, 1969 and successfully returned atmoshperic data before being crushed by pressure within 26km of the surface Venera 6 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 10, 1969 : Arrived May 17, 1969 and successfully returned atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure within 11km of the surface Venera 7 - Lander - launched August 17, 1970 : Arrived December 15, 1970, was the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet and survived for 23 minutes before succumbing to the heat and pressure Venera 8 - Lander - launched March 27, 1972 : Arrived July 22, 1972 and survived for 50 minutes before succumbing to the heat and pressure Venera 9 - Orbiter and Lander.
Ken Buchanan - come out of Scotland. Buchanan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He started boxing professionally on September 20, 1965, beating Brian Tonks by a knockout in two rounds in London. He spent much of the early parts of his career fighting undistinguished opponents in England. His Scottish debut came in his 17th fight, when he outpointed John McMillan over 10 rounds on January 23, 1967. Prior to that, he had also beaten Ivan Whiter by a decision in 8 rounds. Buchanan ran his winning streak to 23 consecutive bouts before challenging Maurice Cullen on February 19,1968 for the British Lightweight title in London. He knocked Cullen out in round 11 and became a world classified Lightweight challenger. He continued his way up the world Lightweight rankings by defeating Leonard Tavarez, Angel Robinson.
Keir Hardie - Hardie James Keir Hardie (August 15, 1856 - September 26, 1915) was a Scottish born socialist and labour leader, and the first Labour MP to be elected to the UK parliament. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Life 2 Union Leader 3 First Labour M.P and the ILP 4 The Labour Party 5 Later Career 6 Legacy Early Life Keir Hardie was born in 1856, the illegitimate son of Mary Keir, a servant from Legbrannock in Lanarkshire. Mary Keir later married David Hardie, a carpenter and the family moved to the industrial city of Glasgow. Hardie grew up in poverty, and from the age of eight, was a delivery boy for a baker. At the time he was the only wage-earner in the family. He was fired from this job, because.
Kelly Clarkson - American Idol. In 2002, along with 10,000 others, Clarkson auditioned for the aforementioned television show, American Idol. Impressed by her voice and personality, the panel of judges put her through to the next round. Upon landing a final 30 spot, Kelly garnered praise from the judges with her rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Respect." She moved on to the final 12, receiving a #2 spot in her group of 10. On September 4, 2002 Clarkson won the competition, earning 58% of the audience vote in the final contest against Justin Guarini. She was the only contestant to have never landed in the bottom three. As the crowned American Idol, Clarkson performed a heartfelt and tearful "A Moment Like This" as confetti fell, her fellow contestants hugged her, and many watched in the.
Kim Il-sung - 15, 1912 - July 8, 1994) was the autocratic Communist ruler of North Korea from 1948 until his death. To this day, even after his death the North Korean government continues to recognize him as the nation's "eternal" president. He was born Kim Song-ju (김성주; 金成柱) in Pyongi (변경 ; 邊京?) or Mangyongdae (만경대 ; 萬景台) near Pyongyang, Korea. 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 Jong-il - February 15, 1942) is the current leader of North Korea. Background Kim's father, the late Kim Il Sung, fled to the Soviet Union when the Japanese put a price on his head for guerrilla activities in occupied Korea. The family returned to the northern part of the peninsula after Japan's surrender during World War II, and communist Soviet leader Joseph Stalin anointed Kim Il Sung as the leader of the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to official North Korean accounts, Kim Jong was born in a log cabin at his father's guerilla base on North Korea's highest mountain, Mount Paektu, in February 1942. The peak, on the northern border with Chinese Manchuria, is the highest on the peninsula and the site where Korean legend says the nation came into.
Kid Gavilan - the Eastern coast of the United States and Havana in 1947, a year in which he went 11-1-1 with 3 knockouts. However, by 1948 he had decided to stay in the United States indefinitely. That year, he met some very important fighters, like former world champion Ike Williams, who beat him by decision in ten, Tommy Bell, against whom Gavilan won by decision, Sugar Ray Robinson, who beat him by decision in ten, and Tony Pellone, with Gavilan obtaining a decision against Pellone. After beating Williams twice by decision, he met Robinson with Robinson's world Welterweight title on the line. He lost his first title try, when Robinson won a decision in 15 rounds. Back to the drawing board, he beat Rocky Castellani, Lightweight world champion Beau Jack and Laurent Dauthuille.
Knitting needle - falling off the needles. Fictional depictions of knitting in movies, television programs, animation, and comic strips almost always show knitting done on straight needles. Both Wallace and Gromit and Monty Python, for example, show knitting being done with straight needles. The oldest known knitting needles, still very much in use, are double-pointed needles. They are generally used to form tubular (coiled) fabrics such as socks and the bodies or sleeves of sweaters. As the name implies, double-pointed needles are tapered at both ends nearly to points. They are normally used in sets of four or five as depicted in a number of 14th Century oil paintings, typically called Knitting Madonnas, depicting Mary knitting with double-pointed needles (Rutt, 2003). Typical 21st Century double-pointed needles range from about 4 in. to 15 in..
Konstantin Chernenko - the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984, until his death. Chernenko was also Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from April 11, 1984, until his death. Born in Bolshaya Tes, Novoselsky Raion, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia. Joined Komsomol in 1926 and the Communist Party in 1931. After a brief stint in the Frontier Guard he was career politician. After work in the regions he was called to Moscow in 1960 and promoted under the aegis of Leonid Brezhnev, becoming a candidate member of the Central Committee in 1966 and a full member in 1971. He joined the Politburo in October 1977, becoming a full member in November 1978. Following the death of Brezhnev in 1982 Chernenko lost the power-struggle and nominated Yuri Andropov as General Secretary. Andropov died in February.
Korean War order of battle - present at the start of the war, on June 25 1950. General Headquarters United Nations Command - Formally activated 10 July 1950, before then Allied forces were formally under American operational control. US Army Forces Far East US Eighth Army US X Corps September 15 1950-December 24 1950 Republic of Korea Army ROK I Corps ROK II Corps US Naval Forces Far East US Seventh Fleet June 27 1950-End of war Task Force 90 Task Force 95 12 September 1950-End of war Task Force 96 British Far East Fleet June 28 1950-End of war Far East Air Forces US 31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic) June 29 1950-November 15 1950 US 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium, Photographic) November 15 1950-End of war US Fifth Air Force Far East Air Forces Bomber Command.
Krystyna Skarbek - a life of luxury. Strikingly beautiful, she won a teenage beauty contest and at age 19 married Jerzy Gizycki. When Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939, she and her husband traveled to London, England where she contacted 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.
J-9 - jet being developed jointly by the People's Republic of China and Pakistan. It had its first test flight on September 3, 2003. The first prototype was built in May of that year. The aircraft is being built by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corportation (CAC). The aircraft is based off the design of the MiG-33 which was rejected by the Soviet Air Force. It is intended to be a light-weight all-weather multipurpose fighter. The Pakistan Air Force intends to use it to replace its F-7s. The PLAAF may use it, but it is rumored that some in the PLAAF would rather focus on the J-10. It is still likely though that the People's Liberation Army Navy will use this aircraft. The history of its development begins in the late 1980s. China had agreed.
