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Massacre of the Templars and Hospitallers after Hattin (1187)
The massacre of the Templars and Hospitallers after Hattin (قتل الأسرى بعد حطين) was Saladin's beheading of captured knights of the two military orders after his 1187 victory near Tiberias.
Massacre of Uman
The Massacre of Uman (Umanська різанина) was the killing of thousands of Polish nobles, Jews, and Uniates by rebel haidamak forces in Uman, Ukraine, in June 1768, during the Koliivshchyna rebellion.
Massacre of Urgench
The Massacre of Urgench (گرگانج) was the 1221 sack of Gurganj, capital of the Khwarazmian Empire, by Genghis Khan's Mongol army after a months-long siege.
Massacre Rocks State Park
Massacre Rocks State Park is a 990-acre Idaho state park on the Snake River near American Falls, named for boulders that formed a narrow gap on the Oregon and California Trails.
Massacres of Jaragua and Higüey
The Massacres of Jaragua and Higüey (Masacres de Jaragua y Higüey) were Spanish operations on Hispaniola in 1503–1505 under Governor Nicolás de Ovando that destroyed the Taíno leadership.
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Mass killings of Polish civilians by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and OUN-B in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, 1943-1944; Poland attributes over 100,000 deaths, Ukraine rejects the genocide label.
Massad Boulos (مسعد فارس بولوس)
Massad Boulos (مسعد فارس بولوس), Lebanese-American businessman and lawyer born 1971 in Lebanon, father-in-law of Tiffany Trump, senior adviser to President Trump on Arab, Middle Eastern, and African affairs.
Massage
Massage, also called massage therapy or body massage, is the hands-on manipulation of the body's soft tissues, practiced for thousands of years to ease pain and enhance wellness.
Massage chair
A massage chair is a motorized reclining chair that massages the back, limbs, and feet with rollers, airbags, and heat, first mass-produced in Japan in 1954.
Massage gun
A massage gun is a handheld percussive therapy device delivering rapid pulses to muscle tissue, with the category created by the Theragun, launched commercially in 2016.
Massage parlor
Massage parlor: commercial massage establishment, first attested 1894 as a euphemism for a brothel; in the U.S. now tied to illicit massage businesses, trafficking, and licensing regulation, while the legitimate profession uses massage therapy.
Massagetae
Massagetae, ancient nomadic Iranian people of Central Asia east of the Caspian, between the Oxus and Jaxartes; a Scythian/Saka people whose queen Tomyris defeated and killed Cyrus II, per Herodotus, and possibly identical to the Saka tigraxauda.
Massaman curry
Massaman curry (แกงมัสมั่น, gaeng massaman), also called matsaman or Muslim curry, is a mild, sweet-sour Thai coconut curry with beef or chicken, potatoes, peanuts, tamarind, and warm dried spices, of Muslim origin in southern Thailand.
Massapequa, New York
Massapequa is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, New York; population 21,355 (2020), settled by Thomas Jones in 1696, known for the Chiefs mascot dispute and the defunct Sunrise Mall.
Massar Egbari
Massar Egbari (مسار إجبارi), meaning "Compulsory Detour", is an Egyptian rock band formed in Alexandria in 2005 and a leading act in Egypt's independent music scene.
Massari and Ali Gatie
Massari (Sari Abboud) and Ali Gatie are Arab-Canadian singers based in Toronto who recorded the 2020 UN World Food Programme song "I See The Dream (Badna Salam)" together.
Massasoit
Massasoit, the Wampanoag title meaning Great Sachem, was the name the English gave Ousamequin, the Pokanoket leader who negotiated a lasting 1621 alliance with Plymouth Colony and joined the First Thanksgiving.
Massava
Massava (Masava), a Roman vicus and road station in Gallia Lugdunensis on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Briare and Nevers, identified with Mesve at the Masau-Loire confluence, attested by CIL XIII 2895.
Masseduction
Masseduction is the fifth studio album by St. Vincent (Annie Clark), released October 13, 2017 on Loma Vista; 13 synth-pop tracks co-produced with Jack Antonoff, Metascore 88, with a 2018 piano reworking called MassEducation.
Masses and Man
Masses and Man (Masse Mensch) is a seven-scene revolutionary drama by German playwright Ernst Toller, written in prison in 1919 and first staged in Nuremberg in 1920.
Masset
Masset is a village municipality on northeast Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, incorporated 1961, at Mile Zero of Highway 16 near Old Massett; known for fishing, the former CFS Masset base, and the Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum.
Masseter muscle
Masseter muscle: quadrangular masticatory muscle from zygomatic arch to mandibular angle; elevates and protrudes the jaw; innervated by masseteric nerve (V3); hypertrophy from bruxism is treated with botulinum toxin.
Massey Energy
Massey Energy Company was an American bituminous coal producer headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, best known for the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 miners.
Massey Ferguson
Massey Ferguson is an agricultural machinery brand formed from the 1953 merger of Massey-Harris and the Ferguson companies, owned by AGCO, spanning tractors of about 25 to 425 hp.
Massey Hall
Massey Hall, originally Massey Music Hall, is Toronto's 1894 concert hall built as a gift from Hart Massey and designed by Sidney Badgley. A National Historic Site since 1981, it reopened in 2021 as part of the Allied Music Centre.
Massey Island
Massey Island is an uninhabited 440 km² island in the Bathurst Island group, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. It is part of the Governor General Group.
Massey Lectures
The Massey Lectures are an annual Canadian lecture series created in 1961 and broadcast on CBC Radio, published as books by House of Anansi Press.
Massey-Harris
Massey-Harris was a Canadian agricultural machinery manufacturer formed in 1891 by merging Massey Manufacturing and A. Harris and Son, known for its self-propelled combines; it merged with Harry Ferguson in 1953 to become Massey-Ferguson.
Massi Rosolino
Massi Rosolino (Massimiliano Edgar Rosolino), Italian swimmer born 1978 in Napoli; Sydney 2000 Olympic champion in the 200 m medley (1:58.98 OR) with four Olympic medals and 60 international medals over four Games.
Massiac
Massiac, Cantal commune in Haute-Auvergne, France (15500), namesake of the Brioude-Massiac antimony district (~32,500 t Sb), site of the Bonnac gold-mining failure of 1908-1912 and the Les Gravilles basalt quarry authorized for SAS CYMARO in 2025.