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Diary of a Camper

Diary of a Camper is an American short film released in October 1996 that was made using id Software's first-person shooter video game Quake. The film was creat…
Arts

Diaspora Revolt

The Diaspora Revolt (115–117 CE, Hebrew: מרד הגלויות, romanized: mered ha-galuyot, or מרד התפוצות, mered ha-tfutzot, 'rebellion of the diaspora'; Latin: Tumultu…
Religion History

Dick Cresswell

Richard Cresswell, DFC (27 July 1920 – 12 December 2006) was an officer and pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He commanded No. 77 (Fighter) Squadr…
Military

Dick Turpin

Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse the…

Die Hard

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forev…
Arts

Diffuse panbronchiolitis

Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is an inflammatory lung disease of unknown cause. It is a severe, progressive form of bronchiolitis, an inflammatory condition of…

Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus (/daɪˌloʊfəˈsɔːrəs, -foʊ-/ dy-LOH-fə-SOR-əs, -⁠foh-) is a genus of theropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now North America during the Early Jur…

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (transl. The Brave-Hearted Will Take the Bride), also known by the initialism DDLJ, is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical…
Arts

Dime Mystery Magazine

Dime Mystery Magazine was an American pulp magazine published from 1932 to 1950 by Popular Publications. Titled Dime Mystery Book Magazine during its first nin…

Dimple Kapadia

Dimple Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian actress predominantly appearing in Hindi films. Born and raised in Mumbai by wealthy parents, she aspired to beco…

Diodorus scytobrachion

Diodorus is a genus of silesaurid dinosauromorph (member of a clade that includes the dinosaurs) that lived during the Late Triassic in what is now Morocco. Fos…
Nature

Diorama (Silverchair album)

Diorama is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Silverchair, released on 31 March 2002 by Atlantic and Eleven. It won the 2002 ARIA Music Award for B…
Arts

Diplodocus

Diplodocus (/dɪˈplɒdəkəs/, /daɪˈplɒdəkəs/, or /ˌdɪploʊˈdoʊkəs/) is an extinct genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Jurassic of North Ameri…

Dire wolf

The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus /aɪˈnɒkaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs/ ⓘ) is an extinct species of canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Ho…

Dirty Dick

Nathaniel Bentley (c. 1735 – 1809), commonly known as Dirty Dick, was an English merchant who was known for his filthy and unwashed appearance. He came from a m…

Disappearance of Natalee Holloway

On May 30, 2005, Natalee Ann Holloway, an 18‑year‑old recent high‑school graduate from Mountain Brook, Alabama, disappeared while on a trip to Aruba. She was la…

Disco Demolition Night

Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot.
Arts Sports

Discovery Expedition

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarcti…
History

Discovery of nuclear fission

Nuclear fission was discovered in December 1938 by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Fission is a nucl…
Science