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King Baudouin Stadium
King Baudouin Stadium (Stade Roi Baudouin, Koning Boudewijnstadion), Belgium's largest stadium at 49,825 seats on Brussels' Heysel plateau; opened 1930 as the Centenary Stadium, site of the 1985 Heysel disaster, rebuilt 1995, now awaiting renovation.
King C. Gillette
King C. Gillette, born King Camp Gillette, was an American inventor and businessman who developed the safety razor with a disposable blade and founded the Gillette Safety Razor Company in 1901.
King cake
King cake (galette des rois, gâteau des rois) is a ring-shaped cinnamon or brioche pastry eaten from Epiphany (January 6) to Mardi Gras, famous in New Orleans with a hidden plastic baby, purple, green, and gold sugar, and over 500,000 cakes sold per Carnival season.
King Charles III (film)
King Charles III (film) is a 2017 BBC Two television drama, also called the Mike Bartlett adaptation, directed by Rupert Goold, imagining Charles's accession and a constitutional crisis over royal assent, starring Tim Pigott-Smith.
King Charles III (play)
King Charles III is Mike Bartlett's 2014 blank-verse "future history play," premiered at the Almeida under Rupert Goold, imagining King Charles refusing royal assent to a press bill; Olivier winner, Broadway 2015-16, BBC adaptation 2017.
King Charles Spaniel
King Charles Spaniel, called English Toy Spaniel in the US, a flat-faced toy spaniel named for Charles II; four color varieties, 8-14 lb, distinct from the longer-muzzled Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
King Cheng of Zhou
King Cheng of Zhou (周成王) was an early Western Zhou king in whose reign the conquest of Shang was completed, with the Duke of Zhou as regent.
King Christian Island
King Christian Island: uninhabited island in the Sverdrup Islands, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, at 77°48′N 101°40′W off Ellef Ringnes Island; official name since 1924, mapped geologically in GSC Memoir 386, namesake of the Early Jurassic King Christian Formation.
King Christian X Land
King Christian X Land (Kong Christian X Land), East Greenland coastal region between 70°N and 76°N, named for King Christian X and first mapped by Lauge Koch's 1931–34 expedition.
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (โรงพยาบาลจุฬาลงกรณ์), opened 30 May 1914, is the Thai Red Cross Society's main public teaching hospital in Bangkok, run with Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine; 1,200–1,400 beds, tertiary referral care, and research.
King Claudius
King Claudius is the antagonist of Shakespeare's Hamlet: Denmark's king who murdered his brother, married Gertrude, and rules through rhetoric until Hamlet's revenge kills him.
King Cnut and the tide
King Cnut and the tide is a medieval legend first recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. It tells of the king commanding the sea not to wet him.
King cobra
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), world's longest venomous snake up to 5.6 m, Asian ophiophagous elapid; split into four species in 2024; IUCN Vulnerable; existing antivenoms fail against its venom.
King Cobra (2016 film)
King Cobra is Justin Kelly's 2016 true-crime drama, premiered at Tribeca, starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Garrett Clayton, and Keegan Allen, based on Brent Corrigan's porn career and Bryan Kocis's 2007 murder, released by IFC Films October 21, 2016.
King Cobra Chiang Mai Show
King Cobra Chiang Mai Show, also reached as Mae Rim or King Cobra Chiang Mai Farm, is a live snake attraction on Route 1096 in Mae Raem, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, with cobra handling, venom extraction, and hands-on snake encounters; rated 4.7/5 on Google.
King Combs
King Combs, born Christian Casey Combs in 1998, is an American rapper, son of Sean Combs and Kim Porter, signed to Bad Boy Entertainment in 2016; known for 90's Baby, Cyncerely, C3, and the 2025 Ye joint album NEVER STOP.
King County, Washington
King County, Washington: county containing Seattle, county seat, created 1852 for William Rufus King, renamed 1986/2005 for Martin Luther King Jr.; 2.34 million residents, $20.16 billion 2026-27 budget, nine-member council.
King crab
King crab, family Lithodidae, large crab-like anomuran crustaceans evolved from hermit crabs; red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) supports Alaska and Barents Sea fisheries, the latter from a 1960s Soviet introduction.
King Creole
King Creole (1958) is a Paramount musical drama directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Elvis Presley as New Orleans singer Danny Fisher, adapted from Harold Robbins' novel A Stone for Danny Fisher; widely considered his best film.
King Crimson
King Crimson, English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968–69, led throughout by guitarist Robert Fripp. Known for In the Court of the Crimson King (1969), constant lineup changes, 13 studio albums, and influence on prog and metal.
King Crimson discography
King Crimson discography: the recorded catalog of Robert Fripp's English prog band (formed January 13, 1969), spanning In the Court of the Crimson King, Red, the 1981 Discipline trilogy, ConstruKction of Light (2000), plus live and archival releases.
King Curtis
King Curtis, born Curtis Ousley (1934-1971), was an American tenor saxophonist from Fort Worth, Texas; the soloist on "Yakety Yak" and Atlantic's house sax man, with hits "Soul Twist" and "Memphis Soul Stew", inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing (Hebrew: פיצוץ מלון המלך דוד), 22 July 1946: Irgun attack on the British Mandate's civilian administration headquarters in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, killing 91; warnings and commemoration remain disputed.
King Diamond
King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen, born 1956, Copenhagen) is a Danish heavy metal vocalist fronting Mercyful Fate and his own band, known for falsetto, corpse paint, and the 1987 concept album Abigail.
King Diamond (band)
King Diamond (band): Danish heavy metal band formed 1985 in Copenhagen by vocalist Kim Bendix Petersen after Mercyful Fate split; known for horror concept albums Fatal Portrait, Abigail, Them; Metal Blade; Gus G. replaced Andy LaRocque in 2026.
King Dice
King Dice is the stage name of Dennison Joseph, a Dominican calypsonian who has won the Dominica Calypso Monarch title ten times, most recently in 2024.
King Drive
King Drive, formally Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, is a major north–south street on Chicago's South Side, renamed from South Park Way for King in 1968.
King Edward Point
King Edward Point, South Georgia: British administrative center since 1909 and site of the BAS marine and fisheries research station (FIDS 1950–52, BAS 1969–82, 2001–present), supporting the SGSSI Marine Protected Area.
King Edward VII Land
King Edward VII Land, or Edward VII Peninsula, is an ice-covered peninsula at the NW extremity of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, at 77°40'S 155°W. Discovered by Scott's 1902 expedition and named for King Edward VII; its peninsular shape was proven by Byrd's 1933-35 and 1939-41 expeditions.
King Ezana's Stele
King Ezana's Stele, also printed Stelae Three, is a 21-meter decorated obelisk at Aksum, Ethiopia, the tallest still standing, marking a royal tomb of the 3rd or 4th century.