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Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively...

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery...

1996 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996. 1996 (MCMXCVI)...

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...

1989 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1989. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX)...

An ombudsman (/ˈɒmbʊdzmən/ OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-bədz-, -bʌdz-/ -⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate...

An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard...

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and...

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator...

1994 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1994. 1994 (MCMXCIV)...

A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific...

The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ("the Tens"), "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens")...

Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, advocate for the right to have legal access to induced abortion services including...

1987 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1987. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII)...

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the...

Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many...

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares...

A presumption of death occurs when a person is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of remains...

Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...

Cronyism is a specific form of in-group favoritism, the spoils system practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends or trusted...

The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with...

Delegated legislation or secondary legislation in the United Kingdom is law that is not enacted by a legislative assembly such as the UK Parliament, but...

Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on...

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners"...

The Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine (RANSUM) is an instructor-led training course based at Sydney, Australia. Before 1961 medical support...

In many[citation needed] periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began around 1800 and, depending...

Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to...

A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding...

György Lukács (born György Bernát Löwinger; Hungarian: szegedi Lukács György Bernát; German: Georg Bernard Baron Lukács von Szegedin; 13 April 1885 – 4...

The Conversation is a network of nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis...

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia...

A convention (or event), in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage...

A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country...

There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference...

Shire (/ʃaɪər/, also /ʃɪər/) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some of the other other English-speaking...

This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood...

The foreign relations of Canada are Canada's relations with other governments and nations. Canada is recognized as a middle power for its role in global...

Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion counseling. Incidents of...

Public intoxication, also known as "drunk and disorderly" and "drunk in public", is a summary offense in some countries rated to public cases or displays...

This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the...

In common law legal systems, original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when...

The 2012 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 16 to 29 January 2012. It was the 100th...

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, also known as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) or the Bonn Convention...