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The red-headed myzomela (Myzomela erythrocephala) is a bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. One of two subspecies, M. e. erythrocephala, is distributed around the tropical coastline of Australia; the other, M. e. infuscata, is found mainly around the southern coastline of New Guinea. The species was described by John Gould in 1840. Though widely distributed and not threatened, the species is not abundant within its range. At 12 centimetres (4.7 in), the red-headed myzomela is a small honeyeater with a short tail and relatively long down-curved bill. It is sexually dimorphic; the male has a glossy red head, brown upperparts and paler grey-brown underparts, while the female has predominantly grey-brown plumage. Little has been documented on its breeding behaviour. The bird's natural habitat is tropical mangrove forests. It is very active when feeding in the tree canopy, darting from flower to flower and gleaning insects off foliage. It calls constantly as it feeds. (Full article...)
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- ... that when expanding the airline's fleet in 1989, the directors of Turkish Airlines did not fulfil the request of Turkey's president to buy the Boeing 747, and ordered the Airbus A340 (example pictured) instead?
- ... that the fossil palm Uhlia allenbyensis has been found with "tar spots"?
- ... that Catherine Flanagan was arrested and jailed in 1917 for picketing the White House in support of women's suffrage?
- ... that half a square mile (130 ha) in Alberta contains an estimated 6,000 arthropod species and is one of the most biodiverse areas in the province for its size?
- ... that Charles Johnson received the most votes for student body president at the University of Colorado Boulder, even though he had already been disqualified from running?
- ... that Sdorica featured crossovers with the fellow Rayark games Cytus II and Deemo, involving special events in Sdorica and song albums in Cytus II?
- ... that a new Christmas stamp that debuted in the 350-person town of Bethlehem, Georgia, in 1967 got so much attention that the two-employee post office had to hire forty-three temporary workers?
- ... that Horace Archambeault introduced a Quebec bill in 1904 that would make employers responsible for workplace accidents, even if they were not negligent?
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- The Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham, England.
- A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Luzon in the Philippines, killing 10 people and injuring at least 375 others.
- In cycling, Jonas Vingegaard (pictured) wins the Tour de France.
- The World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
On this day
July 31: Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day) and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) in Hawaii (1843)
- 1777 – The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major general in the American revolutionary forces.
- 1966 – The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all 31 people aboard.
- 1972 – The Troubles: Hours after the British Army's Operation Motorman brought an end to the autonomous self-declared area of Free Derry in Northern Ireland, three car bombs exploded in the village of Claudy.
- 2000 – Three years after being hit by a mudslide, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong fully reopened.
- 2012 – The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indian states, affecting more than 620 million people, or about 9 percent of the world's population.
- William S. Clark (b. 1826)
- Cho Ki-chon (d. 1951)
- J. K. Rowling (b. 1965)
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Ada Flatman (1876–1952) was a British suffragette in the United Kingdom and the United States. She was sent to Holloway Prison after taking part in the "raid" on the Houses of Parliament in 1908, led by Marion Wallace Dunlop, Ada Wright and Katherine Douglas Smith, and a second wave by Una Dugdale. The following year she was employed by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) to organise their activities in Liverpool, taking over from Mary Phillips. In July 1910, Flatman was a key speaker at one of the platforms in the 10,000 women rally at Hyde Park, London. She worked with Alice Stewart Ker, but it was Flatman who was trusted by Emmeline Pethick when Liverpool requested that they be allowed to open a WSPU shop. The shop was set up for her by Patricia Woodlock and became a success, raising substantial funds for the cause. Flatman organised the publicity surrounding the release of Woodlock, who had completed a prison term in Holloway. Photograph credit: Harris & Ewing; restored by Adam Cuerden
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