People

A. Q. Khan

Through a process that began with the theft of designs and documents from a Dutch centrifuge manufacturing facility, Pakistani metallurgist A. Q. Khan (born 1936) became the father...

Genghis Khan

Born: c. 1155 Mongolia Died: August 25, 1227 Kansu, China Mongolian conqueror and ruler Genghis Khan was the creator ...

Nikita Khrushchev

Born: April 17, 1894 Kalinovka, Russia Died: September 11, 1971 Moscow, Russia Russian Communist leader and Soviet premier ...

Ban Ki-Moon

Ban Ki-moon (born 1944) was sworn in late in 2006 as secretary-general of the United Nations (U.N.). The former South Korean foreign minister took office on January 1, 2007, after ...

Kickstarter

Banks and investments

Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring c

Billy the Kid

Born: November 23, 1859 New York, New York Died: July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico American criminal and murderer ...

Dan Kiley

Born Daniel Urban Kiley, September 2, 1912, in Boston, MA; died February 21, 2004, in Charlotte, VT. Landscape architect. One of the United States' more prolific and popular landscape arch...

Marcia Kilgore

Entrepreneur and spa founder Born October 16, 1968, in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada; daughter of Monty (a real estate agent) and Lorene Kilgore; married Thierry Boué (an ex...

Eugenia Kim

Milliner Born c. 1974 in Pennsylvania. Education: Earned psychology degree from Dartmouth College, 1996; attended Parsons School of Design, late 1990...

Stephen King

Born: September 21, 1947 Portland, Maine American author Stephen King is a very popular author of horror fiction. In his works he blends elements...

Billie Jean King

Born: November 22, 1943 Long Beach, California American tennis player I nternational tennis star Billie Jean King won a record twenty Wimbledon c...

Greene King

Industry and Production

Greene King is a large pub retailer and brewer. It is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The company owns pubs, restaurants and hotels. It was listed on the London St

Queen Anne of Cleves Consort of Henry Viii King

The politically motivated fourth bride of Henry VIII, German princess Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) was one of Henry's few wives to survive him. Their marriage was marred by a lack of...

Alan King

Born Irwin Alan Kniberg, December 26, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY; died of lung cancer, May 9, 2004, in Manhattan, NY. Comedian. An acerbic, cigar-puffing wit who went from the so-called "Borsch...

Coretta Scott King

Born: April 27, 1927 Perry County, Alabama African American civil rights advocate Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther ...

B. B. King

Born: September 16, 1925 Itta Bena, Mississippi African American singer, musician, and songwriter B. B. King is one of the most successful artists in t...

Queen Catharine Parr Consort of Henry Viii King

Catharine (sometimes spelled Catherine, Katherine or Katharine) Parr (1512–1548) was the sixth and last wife of England's King Henry VIII. Reputedly kind and quite well educated fo...

ICC United Kingdom

Politics and Administration

ICC United Kingdom is the UK branch of ICC, the world’s largest and most influential business organisation. ICC has a 100-year track record of fostering open, cross border trade, resolving

Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Politics and Administration

The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the body of senior Ministers of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. A committee of the Privy Council, the members incl

House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Politics and Administration

The House of Commons is the lower house of the British Parliament. History of development Parliament evolved from a council under the king in the Middle Ages. This royal council, which met for a short