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Louisville sewer explosions
The Louisville sewer explosions were a series of underground blasts that tore through Old Louisville, Kentucky, on February 13, 1981, after hexane from a Ralston-Purina soybean plant leaked into sewers.
Louisville Slugger
Louisville Slugger is a brand of baseball and softball bats, best known for wood bats made in Louisville, Kentucky, since 1884 and owned by Wilson since 2015.
Louisville Water Tower
The Louisville Water Tower, also known as the Louisville Water Company Pumping Station, is a historic 185-foot water tower in Louisville, Kentucky, operating since 1860.
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, home of UPS Worldport and governed as Louisville Metro since 2003, is Kentucky's largest city, founded in 1778 on the Ohio River and best known for the Kentucky Derby.
Loujain al-Hathloul (لجين الهذلول)
Loujain al-Hathloul (لجين الهذلول), born 1989 in Jeddah, is a Saudi women's rights activist who led the Women to Drive campaign and the movement to end male guardianship; detained in 2018, sentenced by a terrorism court in 2020, released in 2021 after 1,001 days, and still under a travel ban.
Loukas Notaras
Loukas Notaras (Λουκᾶς Νοταρᾶς) was a Byzantine statesman, megas doux and first minister under Emperor Constantine XI, who commanded the defense of Constantinople during its fall in 1453.
Loukkos irrigation scheme
The Loukkos irrigation scheme is a large-scale irrigated agriculture perimeter in northwest Morocco, supplied by the Oued El Makhazine dam and managed by the regional office ORMVAL.
Loukyam (లౌక్యం)
Loukyam (లౌక్యం) is a 2014 Telugu action comedy directed by Sriwass, starring Gopichand and Rakul Preet Singh, with Brahmanandam and Sampath Raj. Released 26 September 2014 by Bhavya Creations with music by Anoop Rubens, it ran 100 days and was Gopichand's biggest hit of that period.
Loun Srdanovic
Loun Srdanovic (Loun Srdanović), Swiss right back born 2006 in Geneva; Servette FC academy product, transferred to LOSC Lille in July 2026 for a reported 3 million euros; Switzerland U19 and U21 international.
Louna
Louna (Луна) is a Russian alternative rock band founded in Moscow in 2008 by vocalist Lu Gevorkyan and bassist Vitaly Demidenko, both formerly of Tracktor Bowling.
Loung Ung (អ៊ឹង លឿង)
Loung Ung (អ៊ឹង លឿង), born 1970 in Phnom Penh, is a Cambodian American author and activist, survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, author of the memoir First They Killed My Father, landmine campaign spokesperson, and co-writer of the 2017 Netflix film.
Lounge bridges and wind-and-rain bridges of China
Lounge bridges (lángqiáo, "corridor bridge") are Chinese timber bridges carrying roofed galleries, including woven-arch bridges in Fujian and Zhejiang and Dong and Miao wind-and-rain bridges.
Lounge music
Lounge music: relaxed easy listening genre from 1950s US cocktail culture, tied to exotica and space age pop (bachelor pad music), revived in the 1990s as electronic downtempo (Cafe del Mar, Thievery Corporation, Air).
Loungers
Loungers plc is a British hospitality company founded in Bristol in 2002 that operates neighborhood café-bars and restaurants under three brands: Lounge, Cosy Club, and Brightside.
Loupiac
Loupiac, Gironde commune in Entre-deux-Mers, France, home to the Gallo-Roman villa and Benedictine priory of Saint-Romain (Monument Historique, 2011/2024) and the AOC Loupiac sweet white wine, similar to Sauternes.
Lourdes
Lourdes (Lorda) is a French town and major Catholic pilgrimage site, where Bernadette Soubirous reported 18 apparitions in 1858, drawing about 3 million pilgrims a year.
Lourdes (2009 film)
Lourdes is Jessica Hausner's 2009 Austrian-French-German drama starring Sylvie Testud as Christine, a wheelchair-using multiple sclerosis patient healed on a pilgrimage to Lourdes; it won the FIPRESCI Prize at Venice 2009.
Lourdes Gómez
Lourdes Gómez, full name Lourdes Lynnette Gómez Torres, is an American attorney and politician serving as Attorney General of Puerto Rico, named to the post by Governor Jenniffer González Colón in 2025.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (Lourdes Yunielki Gurriel Jr.), Cuban MLB outfielder born 1993 in Sancti Spiritus; defected 2016 with brother Yuli; played for Blue Jays and Diamondbacks, reaching the 2023 World Series.
Lourdes Leon
Lourdes (Lola) Leon, stage name Lolahol, is an American model, dancer, choreographer, and singer born in 1996 to Madonna and Carlos Leon; debuted with Stella McCartney in 2016 and the single "Lock&Key" in 2022.
Lourdes water
Lourdes water is the spring water from the Grotto of Massabielle, uncovered by Bernadette Soubirous on 25 February 1858; pilgrims drink and wash with it free of charge, and analyses find no special properties.
Lourenço & Lourival
Lourenço & Lourival are a Brazilian música sertaneja duo formed by brothers Arlindo and Antônio Cassol, active since 1956 and known for the 1971 hit "Como Eu Chorei".
Lourenco de Almeida
Lourenço de Almeida (died 1508) was a Portuguese naval commander in India, son of viceroy Francisco de Almeida, victor over Calicut's fleet in 1506 and killed at Chaul in 1508.
Louro Ancoradoiro
Louro Ancoradoiro (O Ancoradoiro) is a beach, village and surf spot in Louro, Muros, A Coruña, Galicia, at 42.75083°N 9.09786°W; a former sheltered anchorage and salting-factory site, now a beginner-friendly year-round beach break.
Louros Valles
Louros Valles: a 516-km-wide valley system on Mars in south Ius Chasma at the edge of Valles Marineris, IAU-approved 1982 and named after the Louros River in Greece.
Louse
Louse (plural lice), order Phthiraptera: wingless parasitic insects of birds and mammals, over 5000 species in four suborders including sucking Anoplura and chewing Mallophaga; body lice vector typhus, relapsing fever, and trench fever.
Louse-borne relapsing fever
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF), also called epidemic relapsing fever, is a Borrelia recurrentis infection spread by the human body louse, endemic in the Horn of Africa and historically epidemic in war and famine.
Loush
Loush (لُوش) is the performing name of Ali Assi, a Saudi open-format DJ born in 1981 in Jeddah, known for melodic house and for playing MDLBEAST's Soundstorm festival.
Lousia
Lousia (Λουσιά) was an ancient deme of Attica in the Kephisos valley west of Athens, distinct from Arcadian Lousoi and Lousonna; known from gazetteers (Pleiades 580015, DARE 31160) and inscriptions, dated roughly 550 BC to AD 300.
Lousoi
Lousoi (Λουσοί), ancient Arcadian city in the Soudena plain of the northern Peloponnese, near Kalavryta, famed for its sanctuary of Artemis Hemera and the Hemerasia games, excavated by the Austrian Archaeological Institute since 1898/1899.