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Die Frau ohne Schatten Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal. When the work premiered in Vienna in 1919, critics and audiences were unenthusiastic (many sited problems with Hofmannsthal's complicated and heavily symbolic libretto).
Die Freien Die Freien was a 19th century circle of political philosophers in Germany, gathering for informal discussion over a period of a few years. Attendees included Max Stirner, Bruno Bauer, Arnold Ruge, Friedrich Engels, and Karl Marx, among others.
Die Frontschau The Front Show was a series of World War II era German military training films shown to German soldiers before being shipped off to the Eastern Front. They were directed by the veteran propagandist Fritz Hippler, best known for Der Ewige Jude.
Die goldenen Zitronen Die Goldenen Zitronen (the golden citrus) are a Punkband from Hamburg, at the beginning there name was "Die deutschen Nazikartoffeln" (the german nazi-potato). At their establishment 1984 at the beginning of the “Fun-Punk”-movement was Punk their main style.
Die groĂźe Nacht im Eimer Die groĂźe Nacht im Eimer ("The Big Night Down The Drain") is a painting (oil on canvas, 250 x 180 cm) by Georg Baselitz. It was painted in the years 1962/1963 and hangs today in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
Die Gerd-Show Die Gerd-Show (en: The Gerd Show) was a German satirical radio show broadcast by Eins Live (WDR). Reaching over 9 million listeners at its peak, it generated several top 20 hits in the German music charts thanks to the impressionist talents of its creator, Elmar Brandt, as well as enough controversy over the show's good taste for it to receive newspaper coverage around the globe, despite the limited international appeal of German political humour.
Die hard (phrase) The phrase die hard was first used during the Peninsular war to describe the 57th Regiment of Foot (Middlesex regiment). This was as a result of the action at the Battle of Albuera (1811) of Colonel Inglis who upon being badly wounded refused to retire from the battle but calmly and repeatedly said "Die hard 57th, die hard!
Die heilige Cäcilie oder die Gewalt der Musik Die heilige Cäcilie oder die Gewalt der Musik is a short story by the German author Heinrich von Kleist. The story was written on October 27, 1810 as a gift for daughter of his friend Adam Müller, and was first published publicly in November 1810 in Kleist's literary journal, the Berliner Abendblätter.
Die Hard 2 Die Hard 2, sometimes marketed under the title Die Hard 2: Die Harder, the second Die Hard movie, was directed by Renny Harlin and released on Wednesday, July 4, 1990. It stars Bruce Willis, reprising his role as police detective John McClane, and co-stars Bonnie Bedelia (reprising her role as Mrs.
Die Hard Arcade Die Hard Arcade is the licensed American/European version of the Japanese game Dynamite Deka The game is a beat-em-up with loose ties to the Die Hard movie series of the same name. However, other than the title, the building and the fact that the hero looks like John McClane, the game and the movie have little to do with each other (in fact, the license was purchased when the game was essentially complete for the American and European releases).
Die Hard games A number of video games based on the successful movie franchise Die Hard have been released over the years, ranging from beat 'em ups to first-person shooters. While some of the games are based directly on the movies, a few further detail the adventures of John McClane between or after the series.
Die Hard Trilogy Die Hard Trilogy is a video game based on the Die Hard series of action movies. In actuality, Die Hard Trilogy features three games in one, each based on a movie installment and featuring a different genre and playing style respectively.
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza is a first-person shooter for PC made by Piranha games, loosely based off the events of the first film. The game was originally a modification on the Build engine, later the GoldSrc engine, before it was finally moved it to the Lithtech engine.
Die Hard: Vendetta Die Hard: Vendetta is a first-person shooter video game at one time exclusive to the Nintendo GameCube. It has since been ported to both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and is not to be confused with the PC-exclusive but similarly themed Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, also a first-person shooter.
Die Haut Die Haut were an experimental German post-punk post-rock industrial band, who enjoyed underground success in the 1980s, with such records as the Nick Cave collaboration Burnin' The Ice. The only constant member has been Christoph Dreher.
Die Herzogin von Chicago Die Herzogin von Chicago (The Duchess of Chicago) is an operetta in two acts, a prologue, and an epilogue. The music was composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman after a libretto by Brammer and Alfred GrĂĽnwald.
Die Chinesische Mauer Michael Cretu's third solo album was entitled Die Chinesische Mauer, and was released in 1985. The literal English translation of the title is "The Chinese Wall", or as it is better known, "The Great Wall of China".
Die Insel Die Insel (in English "The Island") was a German literary and art magazine that was published in Munich from 1899 to 1901 by Otto Julius Bierbaum, Alfred Walter Heymel, and Rudolf Alexander Schröder.
Die Landstreicher Die Landstreicher is an operetta in one prologue and two Acts by Karl Michael Ziehrer. It was first performed on 29 June 1899 at the Summer Theatre "Venedig in Wien", which was just three weeks after the shocking death of Johann Strauss II.
Die Liebe der Danae Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae) is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Joseph Gregor. It was to premiere in the late summer of 1944, but following the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler, the Nazis closed the theatres and the opera wasn't allowed a public staging.
Die making Die making is the process of creating a tool for the manufacturing of precisely shaped objects from a stock of workable material. Dies are typically made from steel, and are applied to a medium under pressure to cut out parts that are used in finished manufactured goods.
Die Mannequin Die Mannequin is an Alternative rock / sleaze rock trio from Toronto, Canada fronted by 20 year old guitar player and singer Care Failure. They played the "Next Big Thing" Stage at Edgefest 1 in 2006, have toured across Eastern Canada several times on their own as well as opening for Buckcherry on their Canadian tour.
Die Matie Since 1941 'Die Matie' has kept students at the University of Stellenbosch informed about campus affairs. As the only independent student newspaper, Die Matie is published every two weeks during the academic year.
Die Meistersinger von NĂĽrnberg Die Meistersinger von NĂĽrnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner. It is one of the most popular operas in the repertory, and the longest still commonly performed today, usually taking around five hours.
Die Neue Zeit Die Neue Zeit was the title of the most important theoretical journal of the Social Democratic Party of Germany between 1883 and 1928. It was founded and until 1917 was directed by Karl Kautsky and Emanuel Wurm.
Die Nibelungen Die Nibelungen is a duology of fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924. The series is composed of the first half, Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, and completed by the second half, Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache.
Die Physiker Die Physiker (The Physicists) (1961) is a satiric drama often recognized to be the most impressive, yet easiest to understand work by Swiss writer DĂĽrrenmatt. It deals mostly with the progress of modern science (hence the title) and its responsibility for the impact it has on our lives.
Die Presse Die Presse is an Austrian newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1946 and stands in tradition of the Viennese newspapers "Die Presse" (1848-1896) and "Neue Freie Presse" (1864-1938; founded by Max Friedländer).
Die Reihe Die Reihe was an influential German-language music journal, edited by Herbert Eimert and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and published by Universal Edition (Vienna) between 1955 and 1962 (ISSN 0486-3267). An English edition was published, under the original German title, between 1957 and 1968 by the Theodore Presser Company (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), in association with Universal Edition (ISSN 0080-0775).
Die Rote Fahne The German newspaper Die Rote Fahne ("The Red Flag") was created on 9 November 1918 by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin, first as organ of the left wing revolutionary Spartakusbund. After the founding of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) on 1 January 1919 it became the central publication of the party, until 1945.
Die Soldaten Die Soldaten (The Soldiers) is the only opera by the German composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann, based on the 1776 play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. It was premiered at the Opera House, Cologne on 15 February, 1965.
Die Sommermelodie Die Sommermelodie (English translation: "The Summer Melody") was the West-German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, performed in German by Cindy & Bert. Lyrics were by Kurt Feltz, while the composer, Werner Scharfenberger, also took care of conducting the orchestra for this entry - his only appearance in Eurovision.
Die Stadtkrone Die Stadtkrone or City Crown is a concept of Urban planning put forward by German expressionist architects, and particularly championed by Bruno Taut in the early part of the 20th century. It was often conceived as an inspirational, crystalline form or something with a homogenous formal vocabulary in the centre of a town, with imposing scale, analogous to, but not necessarily Skyscrapers.
Die tageszeitung die tageszeitung (referred to commonly as taz), founded in 1978 in Berlin, is a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper. It has a strong focus on ecology and has often supported the German Green Party, although this did not prevent it from criticising the SPD/Greens coalition government (1998-2005).
Die tote Stadt Die tote Stadt (German for The City of the Dead or The Dead City) is an opera in Three Acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by Paul Schott (a pseudonym of the composer’s father Julius Korngold) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, based on Bruges-la-Morte, a short novel by Georges Rodenbach.
Die Trip Computer Die Die Trip Computer Die is a British underground rock trio led by noise decomposer/ video artist Lepke Buchwater (Milk from Cheltenham) with Xentos 'Fray' Bentos (also known as Pete the Drummer, Dr. Shagnasty and 'Bubbles' in the Beyonce fan club) and Ted Barrow.
Die Verboten Die Verboten is the name of a Belgian krautrock-influenced band formed by David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax. The project, which also includes English-born electro artist Riton was announced in late 2006 in Belgian weekly magazine HUMO.
Die Wacht am Rhein Die Wacht am Rhein (English: The Watch/Guard on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem. The song's origins are rooted in historical conflicts with France, and it was particularly popular in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.
Die WalkĂĽre Die WalkĂĽre ("The Valkyrie") is the second of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It received its premiere at the National Theatre in Munich on 26 June 1870.
Die Warzau Formed in 1987 by performance artists Jim Marcus and Van Christie, Die Warzau (originally referred to as Die Warzau Synfony) has operated on the fringes of industrial music, creating a unique sound that is a genre-bending excursion into the soul of the music form. An everpresent and important part of Die Warzau's appeal is the sociopolitical lyricism and emotive vocals of Jim Marcus.
Die WeiĂźe Rose (film) Die WeiĂźe Rose (The White Rose) is a 1982 German movie about the resistance movement to the Nazi authorities led by a group of Christian students in Munich in 1942-1943 whose members were caught and executed in February 1943, shortly after the German capitulation at Stalingrad.
Die Welt Die Welt (English: The World) is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company. It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, and it takes a self-described "liberal cosmopolitan" position in editing, but Die Welt is considered to be a conservative newspaper.
Die WeltbĂĽhne Die WeltbĂĽhne (English: "The World Stage") was a German weekly magazine focused on politics, art, and business. The WeltbĂĽhne was founded in Berlin on September 7, 1905 by Siegfried Jacobsohn and was originally created strictly as a theater magazine under the title Die SchaubĂĽhne.
Die Weltwoche Die Weltwoche ("The World Week") is a Swiss weekly magazine based in ZĂĽrich. It is owned by Swiss publisher Jean Frey AG, whose CEO, Filippo Leutenegger, is also a Member of Parliament for the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland.
Die Windrose Die Windrose (The Windrose) was a film made for the East German production company DEFA in 1957 and commissioned by the World Federation of Women. Alberto Cavalcanti was film director, with artistic input from Joris Ivens.
Die Zeit DIE ZEIT (pronounced , in English, literally The Time, more idiomatically The Times) is a German nationwide weekly newspaper that is highly respected for its quality journalism. With a circulation of 488,036 and an estimated readership of 1.
Die Zukunft "Die Zukunft" was an exile German language paper, both anti-Nazi and anti-Stalinist in its politics, which was founded in 1938, and was based in Paris and edited by Arthur Koestler and Willi MĂĽnzenberg. It ceased publication with the Nazi occupation of France in 1940.
Die-cast toy The term Die-cast toy here refers to any toy or collectible model produced by using the casting method. The toys are made of metal and plastic, the metal used commonly is ZAMAK (or Mazak), an alloy of zinc and aluminium.
Die-Nasty Die-Nasty is a live improvised soap opera, running weekly in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada since 1991. Die-Nastys improv comedy format features a continuing storyline and recurring characters, live music, and a director who sets up scenes for the audience (and performers) in voiceover.
Diebold Schilling the Elder Diebold Schilling the Elder (c. 1445 - 1485) was the author of several of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, the "Berner Schilling of 1483, the "Spiezer Schilling" (1480s), and the "ZĂĽrcher Schilling" of 1484.
Diebold Schilling the Younger Diebold Schilling the Younger (died 3 December 1515) was the author of the "Luzerner Schilling", one of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, which he presented to the city council of Lucerne on 15 January, 1513 (but which remained incomplete). He was the nephew of Diebold Schilling the Elder of Berne.
Diedenshausen Diedenshausen is a small village, since 1975 a constituent community of Bad Berleburg in Siegen-Wittgenstein district and Arnsberg region in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located on the east side of the heavily forested Rothaargebirge (Red-haired Mountains), near the border with Hesse.
Diederick Santer Diederick Santer is a British television producer. He is currently the Executive Producer of the popular BBC television soap opera EastEnders, with additional responsibility for developing younger skewing drama series and serials.
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal Diederich von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794 - 12 October 1866) was a German botanist. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866, and Editor of the botanical journal Linnaea.
Diederik van Weel Diederik David van Weel (born September 28, 1973 in Baarn) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 61 international matches for The Netherlands, in which he didn't score a single goal. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on August 17, 1998 in a match against Argentina.
Diedrich Hermann Westermann Diedrich Hermann Westermann (June 24, 1875–May 31, 1956) was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly.
Diefenbaker (wolf) Diefenbaker is a fictional character in the television series Due South. He is a wolf, originally from northern Canada, who now lives in Chicago with his master, Constable Benton Fraser of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Diefenbunker A "Diefenbunker" is the nickname Canadian federal opposition politicians of the early 1960s coined for seven nuclear fallout shelters built across the country at the height of the Cold War during the infancy of the ICBM threat. The name is derived from the prime minister of the day, John Diefenbaker, who had authorized their construction.
Diegesis According to Gerald Prince in A Dictionary of Narratology, diegesis is "(1) The (fictional) world in which the situations and events narrated occur; (2) Telling, recounting, as opposed to showing, enacting." In diegesis the narrator tells the story.
Diego Alessi Diego Alessi (born November 3, 1971) is an Italian race car driver. He competed in the Italian Touring Car Championship from 1996-1999 and 2001-2002, then moved to the Trofeo Vodafone Maserati Europa Series as well as making 3 starts in FIA GT for Autorlando Porsche.
Diego Almagro II Diego de Almagro II (1520-September 16 1542), called El Mozo (the lad), was the assassin of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. El Mozo, named Diego de Almagro after his father, was the son of the (in)famous Diego de Almagro and native Panama Indian.
Diego Avila Diego Avila (born February 23, 1980 in Cordoba, Argentina) is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who was a member of the Men's National Team that competed at the 2003 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands. He played club hockey for CordĂłba HC in his home town.
Diego Barros Arana Diego Jacinto AgustĂ­n Barros Arana (August 16, 1830 - November 4, 1907) educator, diplomat and Chilean historian. He is considered the most important Chilean historian of the XIX century and his most famous work is the Historia Jeneral de Chile (General History of Chile).
Diego Bustos Diego A. Bustos (born March 20, 1971 in Maria Juana, Argentina) is a senior news anchor for CNN en Espanol and host of "Deportes CNN", the network's daily half-hour primetime sports program, and "Vive el Golf", traveling throughout Latinamerica featuring the best golf courses of the region.
Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, marqués de Gélves Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, Marquis of Gélves and Count of Priego (Spanish: Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, marqués de Gélves y conde de Priego) (born in Aragon; died 1631) was a Spanish cavalry general, viceroy of Aragon, and viceroy of New Spain. He held the latter position from September 21, 1621 to January 15/November 1, 1624.
Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language (Latin: Ars grammaticae Iaponicae linguae) was a description of the Japanese language published in 1632, attempting to fit Japanese grammar into a Latin grammatical framework. An English translation by Richard L.
Diego de Almagro Diego de Almagro (Almagro, Spain, 1479 - Cuzco, Peru, July 81538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro. He participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru and is credited as the first European discoverer of Chile.
Diego de Benavides y de la Cueva Diego de Benavides y de la Cueva, ochenta conde de Santisteban del Puerto, marques de Solera (sometimes Diego Benavides y de la Cueva, conde de Santisteban del Puerto) (1607, Santisteban del Puerto, Jaén, Spain—ca. March 19, 1666, Lima, Peru) was a Spanish military officer, diplomat, writer and colonial administrator.
Diego de Castilla Diego de Castilla (1510/15-1584), dean of Toledo Cathedral. Castilla was of Jewish blood, and this was a major issue, since in 1547, the then archbishop of Toledo had passed a statute of limpieza de sangre or "purity of blood", excluding from ecclesiastical office and benefices anyone with a trace of Jewish lineage over four generations.
Diego de Landa Diego de Landa Calderón (17 March, 1524 – 1579) was Bishop of Yucatán. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings which contain much valuable information on pre-Columbian Maya civilization, and his actions which destroyed much of that civilization's history, literature, and traditions.
Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquitizin Don Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin (1541-1554) was appointed as the second Governor of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. He was of the upper classes and considered tlacatéccatl, he was son of Tezcatlpopocatzin, tlatocapilli of the dictrict of Teopan in Tenochtitlan and grandson of Huey Tlatoani Tizoc, so he was considered tlatoani by his people.
Diego de Villalba y Toledo Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares was a Spanish general of artillery and colonial governor in America. From 1667 to 1671 he was governor of New Grenada (greater Colombia), then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Diego Deza Diego Deza (1444 — 1523) was a theologian and inquisitor of Spain. He was one of the more notable figures in the Spanish Inquisition, and succeeded the notorious Tomás de Torquemada to the post of Grand Inquisitor.
Diego Durán Diego Durán (c. 1537—1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, The History of the Indies of New Spain, a book that was much criticized in his lifetime for helping the "heathen" maintain their culture.
Diego Fabbri Diego Fabbri (Forlì, 1911 - Riccione, 1980) was an Italian playwright whose plays centered on religious (Catholic) themes. His best known plays are Inquisizione (Inquisition) and Processo a Gesú (The Trial of Jesus).
Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar and Count of Posadas (Spanish, in full: Diego Fernández de Córdoba y López de las Roelas Benavides y Melgarejo, marqués de Guadalcázar y conde de Posadas) (born in Seville, Spain in 1578; died October 6, 1630 in Córdoba, Spain) was viceroy of New Spain from October 18, 1612 to March 14, 1621 and of Peru from July 25, 1622 to January 14, 1629.
Diego GarcĂ­a (athlete) Diego GarcĂ­a Corrales (born October 12, 1961 in Azkoitia, Guipuscoa) is a former long-distance athlete from Spain, who finished in 9th position (2:14.56) in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Diego Garcia Diego Garcia () is an atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, some 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) south of India's southern coast. Diego Garcia is the largest atoll by land area of the Chagos Archipelago.
Diego Gelmírez Diego Gelmírez or Xelmírez (ca 1069 – ca 1149) was the second bishop (from 1100) and first archbishop (from 1120) of Compostela in Galicia. He is a prominent figure in the history of Galicia and an important historiographer of the Spain of his day.
Diego Gutierrez (cartographer) Diego Gutiérrez was a Spanish cosmographer and cartographer of the Casa de la Contratación. He was given this post by royal appointment on October 22, 1554, after the death of his father Diego in January 1554, and worked on the Padrón Real.
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503–1575), Spanish novelist, poet, diplomat and historian, a younger son of the count of Tenclillas, governor of Granada, was born in that city in 1503. The marquis of Santillana was his great-grandfather.
Diego Ladrón de Guevara Doctor Diego Ladrón de Guevara Orozco Calderón (1641, Cifuentes, Spain—September 9, 1718) was a Roman Catholic bishop and Spanish colonial administrator. From August 30, 1710 to March 2, 1716, he was viceroy of Peru.
Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqués de Villena Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqués de Villena, conde de Xiquena y duque de Escalona (born August 16, 1599, La Mancha, Spain, died February 27, 1653, Pamplona, Spain) was a Spanish nobleman and, from August 28, 1640 to June 10, 1642, viceroy of New Spain.
Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez (also known as Diego Leon or Don Diego; born 11 January 1958 or 1961 in Trujillo, Colombia) a criminal boss in Colombia. On May 6, 2004 he became the 478th fugitive listed by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Diego Luis de San Vitores Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627-1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Spanish presence in the Mariana Islands.
Diego Martínez Barrio Diego Martínez Barrio (1882, Seville—1965, Paris) was a Spanish politician during the Second Spanish Republic, and was briefly appointed Prime Minister of Spain by Manuel Azaña after the resignation of Santiago Casares Quiroga, on July 19 1936 - three days after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
Diego Martin Diego Martin is a town in northwestern Trinidad, just west of the capital Port of Spain and east of Carenage. The Diego Martin Valley in the Northern Range was once filled with a number of small villages but is now a densely populated area.
Diego Murillo Bejarano Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz is a former leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary group operating in Colombia. He started working for the MedellĂ­n Cartel, where he would get promoted to be head of the militia wing.
Diego Nargiso Diego Nargiso (born March 15, 1970 in Naples) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1987. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner up Tim Mayotte.
Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (c. 1608, Coruña, Galicia, Spain—October 17, 1673, Puebla, New Spain) was Roman Catholic bishop of Puebla (1656-73) and viceroy of New Spain from June 29, 1664 to October 15, 1664.
Diego RamĂ­rez Islands The Diego RamĂ­rez Islands (Sp. Islas Diego RamĂ­rez) are a small group of lesser islands in the Drake Passage, located about 100 km (60 mi) southwest of Cape Horn and 93 km SSE of Ildefonso Islands, stretching 8 km north-south.
Diego Rivas Diego Rivas Gutiérrez aka Diego Rivas (born 27 April 1980 in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Sociedad of the Spanish La Liga. His usual demarcation is Midfielder.
Diego Ronquillo Diego Ronquillo was the fifth Spanish governor of the Philippines, from March 10 1583 until May 1584. He was the nephew of his predecessor, Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza, and served as interim governor for little more than a year.
Diego Salcedo (soldier) Diego Salcedo was a Spanish soldier who unwillingly became part of Puerto Rico's history with his death. Salcedo died on February 1511, during a trip to Puerto Rico, when Taíno Indians, under the command of Agueybana II (brother of the great Taino Cacique Agueybana) and the Cacique of Añasco Urayoán, drowned him to find out if people from Spain really were "Gods, as the Taínos believed.
Diego Santoy Diego Santoy Riveroll is a Mexican university student who is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Érika Peña Coss, and killing her two young siblings in the City of Monterrey on March 2, 2006. He was captured by police on March 7, 2006, at a roadblock in Oaxaca.
Diego SeguĂ­ Diego SeguĂ­ [seh-GHEE] (born August 17, 1937 in HolguĂ­n, Cuba) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1962 through 1977, SeguĂ­ played for the Kansas City Athletics (1962-65, 1967), Washington Senators (1966), Oakland Athletics (1968, 1970-72) Seattle Pilots (1969) and Seattle Mariners (1977).
Diego SepĂşlveda Adobe The Diego SepĂşlveda Adobe is an adobe structure built between 1820 and 1823 as part of an estancia (station) of Mission San Juan Capistrano, situated on the banks of the Santa Ana River in what is the present-day city of Costa Mesa, California. Constructed to house the mayordomo and herdsmen who tended the Mission's cattle, the adobe and its surrounding property were deeded to Don Diego SepĂşlveda (a former alcalde of the Pueblo of Los Angeles) as a of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana after secularization of the Alta California missions in 1834.
Diego Serrano Diego Serrano was born in Quito, Ecuador, on February 5, 1973. He has appeared on The Young and the Restless as Diego Guttierez (2001-2003) and the long-running, defunct soap opera, Another World as Tomas Rivera (1993-1997).
Diego Silang Diego Silang y Andaya (December 16, 1730 - May 28, 1763) was raised as an Ilocano but whose father is Pangasinan. He was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow the Spanish in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation.
Diego Tardelli Diego Tardelli Martins, (born May 10 1985 in Santa Bárbara D'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently on loan at PSV Eindhoven from the Brazilian Série A club São Paulo.

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