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Lurleen Wallace
Lurleen Burns Wallace, first female governor of Alabama (1967-68) and third woman governor in U.S. history at the time, elected as stand-in for husband George Wallace, died in office of uterine cancer May 7, 1968.
Lurs
Lurs (Lor) are an Iranian people of the southern Zagros, western Iran, speaking Northern and Southern Luri related to Persian, mostly Twelver Shi'ite, historically pastoral nomads, ~3.5-4 million, including Bakhtiaris (Lur-e Bozorg), Mamasani, and Kuhgiluya.
Lurs Roman Bridge
Lurs Roman Bridge (Pont romain de Lurs, or Ganagobie bridge): early 2nd-century AD single-arch Roman masonry bridge over the Buès ravine, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on the Via Domitia; 30 m long, 7.8 m arch, rediscovered 1963, classified monument historique 1963.
Lusafrica
Lusafrica is an independent French record label founded in Paris in 1988 by José da Silva, best known for launching the Cape Verdean morna singer Cesária Évora to global fame.
Lusail (لوسيل)
Lusail (لوسيل) is a master-planned city in Qatar built on coastal land about 12 miles north of Doha, spanning 38 square kilometers across 19 districts and developed by Qatari Diar.
Lusail Stadium (ملعب لوسيل)
Lusail Stadium, also known as Lusail Iconic Stadium, is a football stadium in Lusail City, Qatar, and the largest venue of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosting ten matches including the final, which Argentina won.
Lusaka
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia, on the Central African Plateau at 1,280 m. Over 2 million district residents (2022); colonial Garden City planning legacy, 70% in unplanned settlements, cholera hotspot, sanitation reforms.
Lusaka Accord
The Lusaka Accord (Acordo de Lusaka) was signed on 7 September 1974 between Portugal and FRELIMO, fixing Mozambique's transition to independence on 25 June 1975.
Lusaka Accords (1984)
The Lusaka Accords of 1984 were agreements signed in Lusaka, Zambia, by Angola and South Africa on 16 February 1984, establishing a cease-fire in southern Angola.
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
The Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement is a 1999 accord signed in Lusaka, Zambia, by the DRC and five regional states to end the Second Congolese War.
Lusaka District
Lusaka District, Zambia's capital district in Lusaka Province, 360 km², administered by Lusaka City Council; 2022 census population about 3.1 million, highest district growth rate 4.9%, seven constituencies.
Lusaka Manifesto
The Lusaka Manifesto, formally the Manifesto on Southern Africa, is a 1969 statement on decolonization adopted by 13 East and Central African states in Lusaka, Zambia.
Lusaka Protocol
The Lusaka Protocol is a peace agreement signed in Lusaka, Zambia, on 20 November 1994 by Angola's government and UNITA, aiming to end the Angolan Civil War.
Lusaka Province
Lusaka Province, one of Zambia's ten provinces, holds the national capital Lusaka. Smallest by area (about 21,900 km²) but most populous (3,079,964 in 2022), with six districts including Lusaka, Kafue, and Rufunsa.
Lusaris Therapeutics
Lusaris Therapeutics was a neuroscience startup in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, developing psychedelic-derived drugs for treatment-resistant depression; it launched in 2022 with $60 million and shut down in 2023.
Lusatia
Lusatia (Lausitz, Łužyca/Łužice) is a historical region in eastern Germany and southwestern Poland, home of the Sorbs, divided into Upper and Lower Lusatia, with a major lignite mining district being converted into Europe's largest artificial lake district.
Luscan-Lumish syndrome
Luscan-Lumish syndrome, also called SETD2-related overgrowth syndrome (OMIM 616831), is a rare autosomal dominant disorder caused by SETD2 variants, featuring macrocephaly, postnatal overgrowth, obesity, developmental delay, autism, seizures, and Chiari I malformation.
Luscinia svecica
Luscinia svecica, the bluethroat (Blaukehlchen, Gorgebleue à miroir), is a small Muscicapidae songbird of Eurasia and Alaska, with red- or white-spotted blue male throats across about 10 subspecies and a 2-million global population.
Luscious Jackson
Luscious Jackson, an all-female alternative rock band formed 1991 in New York City (Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser, Kate Schellenbach, Vivian Trimble), blended hip-hop and indie pop; known for Naked Eye, Fever In Fever Out, and the 2013 reunion album Magic Hour.
Lush (band)
Lush, originally The Baby Machines, were a London shoegaze/dream pop band (1987-1998, reunited 2015-2016) on 4AD; albums Spooky (UK No. 7), Split, Lovelife; disbanded after drummer Chris Acland's 1996 death.
Lush (company)
Lush, also known as Lush Cosmetics, is a British cosmetics retailer founded in Poole, Dorset, in 1995, known for inventing the bath bomb and its packaging-free "naked" products.
Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements
Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements is Seth MacFarlane's 2025 Verve/Republic album performing twelve unrecorded Frank Sinatra charts by Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Don Costa, recorded with John Wilson's 70-piece orchestra at Skywalker Sound.
Lushai Expedition
The Lushai Expedition was a British punitive campaign of 1871–1872 in the Lushai Hills, present-day Mizoram, launched in response to Lushai raids into Cachar and Chittagong.
Lushan Botanical Garden
Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园), founded 1934 by Hu Xiansu, Qin Renchang, and Chen Fenghuai at Hanpokou, Mt. Lushan, Jiangxi, is China's first scientific botanical garden, run by Jiangxi Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with over 10,000 living species and a national-botanical-garden candidacy.
Lushan National Park
Lushan National Park (庐山国家公园), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, inscribed 1996 as China's first World Cultural Landscape; 30,200 ha, Hanyang Peak 1,474 m, Donglin Temple, White Deer Cave Academy, and Global Geopark.
Lüshi chunqiu
The Lüshi chunqiu, or Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Lü (吕氏春秋), is a Chinese compilation of political theory assembled under the Qin chancellor Lv Buwei around 241–238 BC.
Lushious Massacr
Lushious Massacr (Martin de Luna Jr., born 1988) is a Brownsville, Texas drag queen and Emmy-winning makeup artist, creator of the YouTube series Dragvestigations and 2022 Emmy winner for HBO's We're Here.
Lushui
Lushui (泸水市) is a county-level city in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, and the prefecture seat on the Nu River bordering Myanmar. Formerly Lushui County (est. 1913, city in 2016), population 197,000, 2024 GDP 110.94 billion yuan; distinct from Lishui, Zhejiang and Luzhou, Sichuan.
Lushui Hu
Lushui Hu (卢水胡) was an ancient people of China's frontier, named for their residence on the Lushui river, best known for Gai Wu's rebellion of 445.
Lusia Harris
Lusia Harris (Lusia Mae Harris-Stewart, 1955–2022), American basketball center; Delta State's three-time AIAW champion, first scorer in women's Olympic basketball (1976 silver), and the only woman officially drafted by an NBA team (New Orleans Jazz, 1977).