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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilation%20and%20curettage
Dilation and curettage
Dilation (or dilatation) and curettage (D&C) refers to the dilation (widening/opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of part of the lining of the uterus and/or contents of the uterus by scraping and scooping (curettage). It is a gynecologic procedure used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and is the most co...
8209
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior ...
8211
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus
Democritus
Democritus (; , Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; – ) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Democritus was born in Abdera, Thrace, around 460 BC, although there are disagreements about the exact year. His exact contr...
8212
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc%20golf
Disc golf
Disc golf is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf. Most disc golf discs are made out of polypropylene plastic, otherwise known as polypropene, which is a thermoplastic polymer resin used in a wide variety of applications. Discs are also made using a var...
8214
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal
Decimal
The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system, and occasionally called denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. The way of denoting numbers in the decimal syst...
8216
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorians
Dorians
The Dorians (; , Dōrieîs, singular , Dōrieús) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans, and Ionians). They are almost always referred to as just "the Dorians", as they are called in the earliest literary mentio...
8217
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration%20of%20the%20Rights%20of%20Man%20and%20of%20the%20Citizen
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. Inspired by Enlightenment philosophers, the Declaration was a core statement of the values of the French Revolution and had a major impact on th...
8218
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system and B programming language. Ritchie and Thompson were awarded the Turing Award from the ACM in 1983, the Hamm...
8219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2016
December 16
Events Pre-1600 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. 755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An L...
8220
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine%20and%20Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants
The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes abbreviated and cited as D&C or D. and C.) is a part of the open scriptural canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. Originally published in 1835 as Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God...
8221
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death
Death
Death is the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. Brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable, universal process that eventually occurs in all org...
8222
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret%20alphabet
Deseret alphabet
The Deseret alphabet (; Deseret: or ) is a phonemic English-language spelling reform developed between 1847 and 1854 by the board of regents of the University of Deseret under the leadership of Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). George D. Watt is report...
8226
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish
Danish
Danish may refer to: Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity Danish language, a North Germanic language used mostly in Denmark and Northern G...
8227
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%20language
Danish language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, the United States...
8228
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade%20%28Neil%20Young%20album%29
Decade (Neil Young album)
Decade is a compilation album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, originally released in 1977 as a triple album, now available on two compact discs. It contains 35 of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point. It peaked at No. 43 on the Billboar...
8230
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter
Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: Dēmḗtēr ; Doric: Dāmā́tēr) is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over grains and the fertility of the earth. She is also called Deo (). Her cult titles include Sito (), "she of the Grain", as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmo...
8233
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tem...
8237
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Quixote
Don Quixote
(, ; , ) is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Its full title is The Ingenious Gentleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha (Modern Spanish: (in Part 2, ) , ; ). It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled as the first modern novel and one of the ...
8239
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan
Dylan
Dylan may refer to: Arts and entertainment Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer and songwriter Dylan (1973 album), a 1973 album by Bob Dylan Dylan (2007 album), a 2007 compilation album by Bob Dylan Dylan (play), a 1964 play by Sidney Michaels Technology and engineering Dylan (programming language), a language...
8240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada
Dada
Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (c. 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris. Dadaist activities lasted until the mid 1920s. Developed in reaction to World...
8242
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian
Debian
Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a GNU/Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of Debian (0.01) was released on September 15, 1993, and its first stable vers...
8243
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury
Doonesbury
Doonesbury is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Michael Doonesbury, who has progressed from a college student to a youthful s...
8244
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice
Dice
Dice (singular die or dice) are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. They are used for generating random numbers, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing games, and games of chance. A traditional die is a cube with each of its six f...
8246
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster%20diving
Dumpster diving
Dumpster diving (also totting, skipping, skip diving or skip salvage) is salvaging from large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers for unused items discarded by their owners but deemed useful to the picker. It is not confined to dumpsters and skips specifically and may cover standard househol...
8247
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20synthesizer
Digital synthesizer
A digital synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to make musical sounds. This in contrast to older analog synthesizers, which produce music using analog electronics, and samplers, which play back digital recordings of acoustic, electric, or electronic instruments. Some digital...
8249
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition%20of%20music
Definition of music
A definition of music endeavors to give an accurate and concise explanation of music's basic attributes or essential nature and it involves a process of defining what is meant by the term music. Many authorities have suggested definitions, but defining music turns out to be more difficult than might first be imagined, ...
8253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton%2C%20Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Dayton was estimated to be at 814,049 residents. The Combined Statistical Area (CSA) was...
8254
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode
Diode
A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other. A diode vacuum tube or thermionic diode is a vacuum tube with two electrodes, a heated cat...
8256
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drexel%20University
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, it was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936, before assuming its current...
8258
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus
Daedalus
In Greek mythology, Daedalus (/ˈdɛdələs ˈdiːdələs ˈdeɪdələs/; Greek: Δαίδαλος; Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale) was a skillful architect and craftsman, seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge and power. He is the father of Icarus, the uncle of Perdix, and possibly also the father of Iapyx. Among his most famous creati...
8259
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception%20Pass
Deception Pass
Deception Pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bridges known collectively as Deception Pass Bridge cross Deception Pass. The bridges were added to the...
8262
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominoes
Dominoes
Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces, commonly known as dominoes. Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square ends. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also called pips or dots) or is blank. The backs of the tiles in a set are indistinguishable, e...
8263
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation%20constant
Dissociation constant
In chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, a dissociation constant () is a specific type of equilibrium constant that measures the propensity of a larger object to separate (dissociate) reversibly into smaller components, as when a complex falls apart into its component molecules, or when a salt splits up into its c...
8267
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensional%20analysis
Dimensional analysis
In engineering and science, dimensional analysis is the analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities by identifying their base quantities (such as length, mass, time, and electric current) and units of measure (such as miles vs. kilometres, or pounds vs. kilograms) and tracking these dimensions a...
8270
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2025
December 25
Events Pre-1600 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. 333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank ...
8271
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20television
Digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advancement and represented the first significant evolution in television technolog...
8274
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration%20of%20Arbroath
Declaration of Arbroath
The Declaration of Arbroath (; ; ) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII. It constituted King Robert I's response to his excommunication for disobeying the pope's demand in 1317 for a truce in the First War of Scottish Independe...
8276
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20data
Digital data
Digital data, in information theory and information systems, is information represented as a string of discrete symbols each of which can take on one of only a finite number of values from some alphabet, such as letters or digits. An example is a text document, which consists of a string of alphanumeric characters . Th...
8278
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduction
Deduction
Deduction may refer to: Philosophy Deductive reasoning, inference in which the conclusion is of narrower generality than the premises (due to its "top-down logic") Natural deduction, an approach to proof theory that attempts to provide a formal model of logical reasoning as it does not "naturally" occur Logical th...
8280
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon
Demon
A demon is a supernatural entity, typically associated with evil, prevalent historically in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime, and television series. In Ancient Near Eastern religions and in the Abrahamic traditions, inclu...
8286
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino%20effect
Domino effect
A domino effect or chain reaction is the cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events. This term is best known as a mechanical effect and is used as an analogy to a falling row of dominoes. It typically refers to a linked sequence of events where the time between successive events is rel...
8293
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion%20pump
Diffusion pump
Diffusion pumps use a high speed jet of vapor to direct gas molecules in the pump throat down into the bottom of the pump and out the exhaust. They were the first type of high vacuum pumps operating in the regime of free molecular flow, where the movement of the gas molecules can be better understood as diffusion than ...
8299
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico%20Alberti
Domenico Alberti
Domenico Alberti (c. 1710 – 14 October 1746 (according to other sources: 1740)) was an Italian singer, harpsichordist, and composer. Alberti was born in Venice and studied music with Antonio Lotti. He wrote operas, songs, and sonatas for keyboard instruments, for which he is best known today. His sonatas frequently em...
8300
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris%20Day
Doris Day
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time"...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation
Distillation
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation. Dry distillation is the heating of solid materials to produce gaseous products (which may condense into liquids or solids). Dry distillation may involve c...
8302
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Hilbert
David Hilbert
David Hilbert (; ; 23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician and one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory, the calculus of variations, commutative a...
8303
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down%20syndrome
Down syndrome
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is usually associated with physical growth delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic facial features. The average IQ of a young adult wi...
8305
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for their age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when readi...
8308
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft
Delft
Delft () is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is part of both Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area and the Randstad. Delft is a popular tourist destination in the Netherlands...
8309
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duesberg%20hypothesis
Duesberg hypothesis
The Duesberg hypothesis is the claim, associated with University of California, Berkeley professor Peter Duesberg, that various noninfectious factors such as but not limited to, recreational and pharmaceutical drug use are the cause of AIDS, and that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is merely a harmless passenger vir...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL%20%28disambiguation%29
DSL (disambiguation)
DSL or digital subscriber line is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL may also refer to: Damn Small Linux, a very small Linux distribution Danish Sign Language Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China Definitive software library De...
8311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research. They became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates after the Tr...
8315
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamagnetism
Diamagnetism
Diamagnetic materials are repelled by a magnetic field; an applied magnetic field creates an induced magnetic field in them in the opposite direction, causing a repulsive force. In contrast, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials are attracted by a magnetic field. Diamagnetism is a quantum mechanical effect that occ...
8317
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%20of%20Marlborough%20%28title%29
Duke of Marlborough (title)
Duke of Marlborough (pronounced ) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by Queen Anne in 1702 for John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1650–1722), the noted military leader. In historical texts, unqualified use of the title typically refers to the 1st Duke. The name of the dukedom refers to Marlborou...
8322
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2017
December 17
Events Pre-1600 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 920 – Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. 942 – Assassination of William I of No...
8324
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20engine
Difference engine
A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. It was designed in the 1820s, and was first created by Charles Babbage. The name, the difference engine, is derived from the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set...
8326
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draupnir
Draupnir
In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse: , "the dripper") is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself: Every ninth night, eight new rings 'drip' from Draupnir, each one of the same size and weight as the original. Draupnir was forged by the dwarven brothers Brokkr and Eitri (or Sindri)...
8328
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergence
Divergence
In vector calculus, divergence is a vector operator that operates on a vector field, producing a scalar field giving the quantity of the vector field's source at each point. More technically, the divergence represents the volume density of the outward flux of a vector field from an infinitesimal volume around a given p...
8334
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2018
December 18
Events Pre-1600 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain. 1601–1900 1622 – Portuguese forces score a military victory over the K...
8336
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision%20problem
Decision problem
In computability theory and computational complexity theory, a decision problem is a problem that can be posed as a yes–no question of the input values. An example of a decision problem is deciding whether a given natural number is prime. Another is the problem "given two numbers x and y, does x evenly divide y?". The...
8339
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain%20Name%20System
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical and decentralized naming system used to identify computers, services, and other resources reachable through the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The resource records contained in the DNS associate domain names with other forms of information. These are ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David...
8341
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delroy%20Lindo
Delroy Lindo
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Lindo has played promi...
8343
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Janssen
David Janssen
David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer) (March 27, 1931February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967). Janssen also had the title roles in three other series: Richard Diamond, Private Detective; Har...
8344
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism
Docetism
In the history of Christianity, docetism (from the dokeĩn "to seem", dókēsis "apparition, phantom") is the heterodox doctrine that the phenomenon of Jesus, his historical and bodily existence, and above all the human form of Jesus, was mere semblance without any true reality. Broadly it is taken as the belief that Jes...
8347
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20drachma
Greek drachma
The drachma ( , ; pl. drachmae or drachmas) was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history: An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period und...
8349
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius
Denarius
The denarius (, dēnāriī ) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the Antoninianus. It continued to be minted in very small quantities, likely for ceremonial purposes, until and through the tetrarchy (...
8350
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della%20Rovere
Della Rovere
The Della Rovere family (; literally "of the oak tree") was a noble family of Italy. It had humble origins in Savona, in Liguria, and acquired power and influence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes: Francesco Della Rovere, who ruled as Sixtus IV from 1471 to 1484) and his nephew...
8351
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Mamet
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway 1970s plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Per...
8352
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%206
December 6
Events Pre-1600 963 – Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome. 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. 1492 – After exploring island of Cu...
8353
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%205
December 5
Events Pre-1600 63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo takes place. 1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated. 1408 – Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. 1456 – The first of the two 1456 Central Italy earthquakes measuring 7.2 c...
8354
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%204
December 4
Events Pre-1600 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. 1110 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon. 1259 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-contr...
8355
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%203
December 3
Events Pre-1600 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). 1601–1900 1775 – American Revolutionary War: becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones. 1799 – War of the Second Coalition...
8356
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%202
December 2
Events Pre-1600 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon. 1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. 1601–1900 1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated. 1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport,...
8357
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%201
December 1
Events Pre-1600 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. 1577 – Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of...
8359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2024
December 24
Events Pre-1600 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate. 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death. 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di. 1144 – The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2026
December 26
Events Pre-1600 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia. 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht who were tr...
8361
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definable%20real%20number
Definable real number
Informally, a definable real number is a real number that can be uniquely specified by its description. The description may be expressed as a construction or as a formula of a formal language. For example, the positive square root of 2, , can be defined as the unique positive solution to the equation , and it can be c...
8362
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20de%20Almagro
Diego de Almagro
Diego de Almagro (; – July 8, 1538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador known for his exploits in western South America. He participated with Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of Peru. While subduing the Inca Empire he laid the foundation for Quito and Trujillo as Spanish cit...
8363
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity
Divinity
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity. What is or is not divine may be loosely defined, as it is used by different belief systems. The root of the word divine is literally "godly," but the use varies significantly depending on which deity is being discusse...
8367
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth%20of%20field
Depth of field
For many cameras, depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and the farthest objects that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image. The depth of field can be calculated based on focal length, distance to subject, the acceptable circle of confusion size, and aperture. A particular depth of field may be ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumnonii
Dumnonii
The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a British tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Devon and Cornwall (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further parts of the South West peninsula of Britain, from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period. They were bordered to the east by the D...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration%20of%20independence
Declaration of independence
A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breakaway territories f...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20racing
Drag racing
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most commonly , with a shorter () distance becoming increasingly popular, as it has ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugr
Draugr
The draugr or draug (, plural ; modern , and Danish, Swedish, and ) is an undead creature from the Scandinavian saga literature and folktale. Commentators extend the term draugr to the undead in medieval literature, even if it is never explicitly referred to as that in the text, and designated them rather as a ("bar...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day
Day
The word day has a number of meanings, depending on the context it is used such as of astronomy, physics, and various calendar systems. As a term in physics and astronomy it is approximately the period during which the Earth completes one rotation around its axis, which takes about 24 hours. A solar day is the len...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database
Database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases spans formal techniques and practical considerations including data modeling, ef...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole
Dipole
In electromagnetism, there are two kinds of dipoles: An electric dipole deals with the separation of the positive and negative charges found in any electromagnetic system. A simple example of this system is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign separated by some typically small distance. (A pe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics
Dynamics
Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός dynamikos "powerful", from δύναμις dynamis "power") or dynamic may refer to: Physics and engineering Dynamics (mechanics) Aerodynamics, the study of the motion of air Analytical dynamics, the motion of bodies as induced by external forces Brownian dynamics, the occurrence of Langevin...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draught%20beer
Draught beer
Draught beer, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also known as Name Until Joseph Bramah patented the beer engine in 1785, beer was served directly from the barrel and carried to the customer. The Old English ("carry; pull...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director
Director
Director may refer to: Literature Director (magazine), a British magazine The Director (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker The Director (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music Director (band), an Irish rock band Director (Avant album) (2006) Director (Yonatan Gat album) Occupations and positions Arts and d...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major%20depressive%20disorder
Major depressive disorder
Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known simply as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. Those affected may also occasionally have delusions or hallucinations. Introduced by a gro...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20%28mythology%29
Diana (mythology)
Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside, hunters, crossroads, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth on the island of Delos to parents Jupiter and Lat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2011
December 11
Events Pre-1600 220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty. 361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor. 861 – Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne. Start of the "Ana...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Elfman
Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, singer, and songwriter. He came to prominence as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since the 1990s, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositio...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension
Dimension
In physics and mathematics, the dimension of a mathematical space (or object) is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify any point within it. Thus a line has a dimension of one (1D) because only one coordinate is needed to specify a point on itfor example, the point at 5 on a number li...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolve
Dissolve
Dissolve may refer to: Dissolve (filmmaking), in film and video editing, a transition between scenes Dissolve (2019 film), a film by Kim Ki-duk The Dissolve, a web magazine property of Pitchfork, covering movies Dissolve (band), collaborative musical project between experimental guitarists Chris Heaphy and Roy Mon...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal
Duodecimal
The duodecimal system (also known as base 12, dozenal, or, rarely, uncial) is a positional notation numeral system using twelve as its base. The number twelve (that is, the number written as "12" in the base ten numerical system) is instead written as "10" in duodecimal (meaning "1 dozen and 0 units", instead of "1 ten...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Hayes%20Agnew
David Hayes Agnew
David Hayes Agnew (November 24, 1818March 22, 1892) was an American surgeon. Biography Agnew was born on November 24, 1818, Nobleville, Pennsylvania (present-day Christiana). His parents were Robert Agnew and Agnes Noble. Agnew grew up as a Christian. He was surrounded by a family of doctors and had always known he w...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving%20%28sport%29
Diving (sport)
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime. Competitors possess many of the sam...