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1295 depiction of Alice arriving at Acre

Alice of Champagne ( c. 1193 – 1246) was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Count Henry II of Champagne. In 1210, Alice married her stepbrother King Hugh I of Cyprus, receiving the County of Jaffa as dowry. After her husband's death in 1218, she assumed the regency for their infant son, King Henry I. Her attempts to bolster her claim to Champagne and Brie in France failed. Due to a debate with her uncle Philip of Ibelin, she left Cyprus in 1223. In exile, she married Bohemond, the heir apparent to the Principality of Antioch and the County of Tripoli, but their marriage was annulled. In 1229, she unsuccessfully laid claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem against the absent Conrad II. In 1240, she married Raoul of Nesle and the High Court of Jerusalem proclaimed them regents for Conrad in 1243, although their power was nominal. Raoul left the kingdom, and Alice, before the end of the year. Alice retained the regency until her death in 1246. ( Full article...)

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The Cannonball

... that the Cannonball (pictured), a commuter train on the Long Island Rail Road, once operated exclusively with parlor cars?
... that Piper Kelly secured her position as a competitor in speed climbing at the 2024 Olympics by reaching the final race at the 2023 Pan American Games, before winning the race?
... that ৳6.5 billion (equivalent to US$150 million in 2023) was collected from corruption suspects by a Bangladeshi government agency which the court deemed was illegal in 2017?
... that electrical engineering professor Mariesa Crow raises alpacas?
... that Larisa Latynina took the record for most Olympic medals won by an individual after she won six medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics?
... that in May 1983 British public health physician Nicol Spence Galbraith suggested withdrawing blood products made from blood donated in the U.S. after 1978?
... that South African singer Tyla delayed her debut album's submission date in order to collaborate with Tems?
... that Aniya Holder secured a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning a speed climbing competition, which she had started training for without even knowing it was an Olympics Qualifier?
... that the only known solution to the Erdős–Moser equation is 1 + 2 = 3?

In the news (from August 1)

Ismail Haniyeh

Ismail Haniyeh (pictured), the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated in Tehran, Iran.
Landslides in Wayanad, India, kill more than 180 people.
In Gaelic football, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship concludes with Armagh defeating Galway in the final.
Typhoon Gaemi leaves more than 70 people dead in the Philippines, China, Taiwan, and Cambodia.

On August 5

August 5: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day in Croatia ( 1995)

Henry I of England

AD 25 – Liu Xiu proclaimed himself the monarch of the Han dynasty as Emperor Guangwu.
1100 – Henry I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
1689 – Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine in present-day Quebec.
1969 – Police raided a screening of the film Lonesome Cowboys in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to the creation of the Gay Liberation Front.
1993 – Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

Dorothy Thomas ( d. 1846)
Jerry Pentland ( b. 1894)
Jacquetta Hawkes ( b. 1910)
Kirk Urso ( d. 2012)

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A black-capped chickadee, the provincial bird of New Brunswick

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has 441 species of birds. The Maritime province lies within the Appalachian Mountain range and is largely covered by temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, with the northern part of the province also containing boreal forest. These ecosystems contribute to the diversity of birds in the province. Additionally, the Atlantic Flyway passes through New Brunswick's coast, with areas within the Bay of Fundy such as the Shepody Bay significantly contributing to the variety of bird species that breed in or migrate through the province. Of the 441 species, 94 are accidentals, 55 are noted as rare as defined by the New Brunswick Bird Records Committee (NBBRC), eight were introduced to North America, three are extinct and another is possibly extinct. ( Full list...)

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The Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) is a bird in the hornbill family of tropical near-passerines. It is a common resident breeder in India and Sri Lanka, where its habitat is evergreen and moist deciduous forests, often near human settlements. It is an omnivorous species, consuming fruits, small mammals, birds, small reptiles and insects. It eats by killing its prey and swallowing it whole. Figs are an important food, contributing at least 60% of the bird's diet throughout the year. It breeds in March and April, during which time figs form up to 75% of the fruits delivered at the nest. This Malabar pied hornbill was photographed in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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