Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 31

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'''[[July 31]]''': '''[[Flag of Hawaii|{{lang|haw|Lā Hae Hawaiʻi|cat=no}} (Flag Day)]]''' and '''[[Sovereignty Restoration Day|{{lang|haw|Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea|cat=no}} (Sovereignty Restoration Day)]]''' in Hawaii ([[1843]])
'''[[July 31]]''': '''[[Flag of Hawaii|{{lang|haw|Lā Hae Hawaiʻi|cat=no}} (Flag Day)]]''' and '''[[Sovereignty Restoration Day|{{lang|haw|Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea|cat=no}} (Sovereignty Restoration Day)]]''' in Hawaii ([[1843]])
{{main page image/OTD|File:Pagoda view.jpg|Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery [[pagoda]]}}
{{main page image/OTD|File:Pagoda view.jpg|[[Pagoda]] of Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery}}
* [[1874]] – '''[[Patrick Francis Healy]]''' was inaugurated as president of [[Georgetown University]], becoming the first [[African Americans|African-American]] president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
* [[1874]] – '''[[Patrick Francis Healy]]''' was inaugurated as president of [[Georgetown University]], becoming the first [[African Americans|African-American]] president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
* [[1924]] – A [[Private member's bill|private senator's bill]] by '''[[Herbert Payne]]''' to introduce [[Electoral system of Australia|compulsory voting in Australia]]<!--not bold, 6x {cn}--> became law.
* [[1924]] – A [[Private member's bill|private senator's bill]] by '''[[Herbert Payne]]''' to introduce [[Electoral system of Australia|compulsory voting in Australia]]<!--not bold, 6x {cn}--> became law.
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