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A female red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus). Trinidad and Tobago became a Republic on August 1, 1976. September 24 is Republic Day, the date when the Parliament first met.

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Au clair de la lune, recorded by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in 1860, is believed to be the oldest recording in existence.

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