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Polls conducted in June 2020 estimated that between 15 million and 26 million people participated in the demonstrations in the United States, making them the largest protests in American history. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] It was also estimated that between May 26 and August 22, around 93 percent of protests were "peaceful and nondestructive".
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 8,050 people have died crossing the U.S–Mexico border between 1998 and 2020. [3] In 2005, more than 500 died across the entire U.S.–Mexico border. [8] The number of yearly border crossing deaths doubled from 1995 to 2005, [9] and has since declined and then risen. [3]
Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking. [1] The word glossophobia derives from the Greek γλῶσσα glossa (tongue) and φόβος phobos (fear or dread.) The causes of glossophobia are uncertain but explanations include communibiology and the illusion of transparency .
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in February 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths. In 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), about 58 million people died. [1]
Dr Joseph Forrester – a surgeon from Stanford University who has led studies into American deaths caused by venomous and nonvenomous animals based on the CDC’s data between 1999 and 2007 and ...
1634–1640 Wyandot people epidemic 1634–1640 Wyandot people, North America Smallpox and Influenza: 15,000–25,000 [72] 1637 London plague epidemic (part of the second plague pandemic) 1636–1637 London and Westminster, England Bubonic plague: 10,400 [73] Great Plague in the late Ming dynasty (part of the second plague pandemic) 1633–1644 ...
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.