Bay of Pigs: President Kennedy and the Cold War. Many Cubans welcomed Fidel Castroâs 1959 overthrow of the dictatorial President Fulgencio Batista, yet the new order on the island just about 100 miles from the United States made American officials nervous.
Anno Domini inscription at a cathedral in Carinthia, Austria. The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means in the year of the Lord, but is often translated as in the year of our Lord.
The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin, which means in the year of the Lord but is often translated as in the year of our Lord.It is occasionally set out more fully as anno Domini nostri Iesu (or Jesu) Christi (in the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ).here is no year zero in this scheme, so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. This dating system was devised in 525, but was not widely used until after 800. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today.