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Death of Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old. Acco…
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Death on the Rock

"Death on the Rock" was a British television documentary broadcast in April 1988, part of Thames Television's current affairs series This Week. The programme ex…
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Defense of the Ancients

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Design 1047 battlecruiser

Design 1047, also known as Project 1047, was a series of plans for a class of Dutch battlecruisers prior to the Second World War. These large capital ships were…
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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 (…
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Don Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "the Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the great…
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Donald Forrester Brown

Donald Forrester Brown VC (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for valour "…
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Donald Hardman

Air Chief Marshal Sir James Donald Innes Hardman, GBE, KCB, DFC (21 February 1899 – 2 March 1982), known as Donald Hardman, was a seni…
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Dreadnought

The Royal Navy's revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, gave its name to the type. USS Texas, the only dreadnought still in existence, was l…
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Duckport Canal

Landmarks in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, from a river map published in 1863, showing Duckport and New Carthage The Duckport Canal was an unsuccessfu…
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Dudley Clarke

Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke, CB, CBE (27 April 1899 – 7 May 1974) was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception …
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E. Urner Goodman

Silver Buffalo Award OA Distinguished Service Award OA Vigil Honor Honorary Doctorate in Humanics Honorary Chief of the Blackfoot Indians Honorary Alpha Phi Ome…
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Eastern Area Command (RAAF)

Eastern Area Command was one of several geographically based commands raised by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. It was formed in May …
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