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Anno Domini. Anno Domini inscription at Klagenfurt Cathedral, Austria. The terms anno Domini ( AD) and before Christ ( BC) [a] are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" [1] but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", [2] [3 ...
Several different editions of the Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) fantasy role-playing game have been produced since 1974. The current publisher of D&D, Wizards of the Coast, produces new materials only for the most current edition of the game. However, many D&D fans continue to play older versions of the game and some third-party companies continue ...
Babylon A.D. is a 2008 science fiction action film based on the 1999 novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec. The film was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Vin Diesel in the lead role, Mélanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Jérôme Le Banner, Charlotte Rampling, and Gérard Depardieu.
USS Puget Sound (AD-38) was a Samuel Gompers -class destroyer tender, the second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Puget Sound . The building contract was awarded 29 December 1964 to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. The keel was laid 15 February 1965, and she was launched 16 September 1966.
USS Shenandoah (AD-44) was the fourth and final ship of the Yellowstone-class of destroyer tenders. AD-44 was the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Shenandoah as named for the Shenandoah Valley . She was commissioned in 1983, only three years after the decommissioning of the previous USS Shenandoah (AD-26) , also a destroyer tender.
Boomerang. (1992 film) Boomerang is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Marcus Graham, a hotshot advertising executive who also happens to be an insatiable womanizer and male chauvinist. When he meets his new boss, Jacqueline Broyer ( Robin Givens ), Marcus discovers that she is ...
Shihabuddin Omar. Shihab-ud-din Omar ( r. 1316) was the third Sultan of the Khalji Dynasty and fourteenth Sultan of Delhi Sultanate in India. After the death of his father Alauddin Khalji in 1316, he ascended the throne as a minor, with the support of Alauddin's slave-general Malik Kafur. His brother Qutb-ud-din Mubarak became the regent after ...
