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The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...99 KB (11,762 words) - 15:18, 30 July 2024
A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community...18 KB (2,019 words) - 23:05, 14 March 2024- A lame-duck session of Congress in the United States occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the successor's term...62 KB (9,154 words) - 20:38, 12 July 2024
- An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 until 1995, the doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was...15 KB (644 words) - 20:10, 7 June 2023
- The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger...4 KB (209 words) - 14:46, 8 April 2022
- A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals or metals. Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year,...82 KB (10,004 words) - 02:40, 17 June 2024
- A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries. Look up riding in Wiktionary...17 KB (1,829 words) - 11:02, 13 June 2024
- Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:...13 KB (1,154 words) - 21:53, 25 March 2024
- Marxian class theory asserts that an individual's position within a class hierarchy is determined by their role in the production process, and argues that...21 KB (2,731 words) - 02:48, 11 May 2023
Charles Magill Conrad (December 24, 1804 – February 11, 1878) was a Louisiana politician who served in the United States Senate, United States House of...6 KB (326 words) - 07:00, 24 September 2022
John Crawford Crosby (June 15, 1859 – October 14, 1943) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Crosby was born in Sheffield,...5 KB (303 words) - 13:34, 27 June 2023- The Internal Security Unit (ISU) was the counter-intelligence and interrogation unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). This unit was often...3 KB (383 words) - 23:05, 16 March 2023
Albert Henry Vestal (January 18, 1875 – April 1, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a Republican United States Representative...4 KB (278 words) - 02:26, 2 April 2023
William Reed (June 6, 1776 – February 18, 1837) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Marblehead in the Province of Massachusetts Bay,...3 KB (152 words) - 05:10, 8 July 2022- The 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the...5 KB (104 words) - 12:51, 8 January 2023
- The 2022 International Court of Justice election was held on 4 November 2022 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly...10 KB (1,156 words) - 07:53, 28 July 2024
- Johan Anderson (born 29 September 1971 in Västerås, Sweden) is an Australian former tennis player. In 1988, Anderson won the boys' singles title at the...9 KB (135 words) - 21:23, 15 January 2023
John M. C. Smith (February 6, 1853 – March 30, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's...5 KB (396 words) - 22:36, 26 June 2023- Scott Creek Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Dorset Vale about 20 kilometres...5 KB (342 words) - 13:57, 20 January 2021
The Irish National Federation (INF) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1891 by former members of the Irish National League...3 KB (259 words) - 17:50, 14 January 2023