June 20, 2012

Summer Solstice  (Northern hemisphere) / Beginning of "Midsummer" Celebrations (Northern hemisphere) @ 23:09 / 11:09pm

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

(Birgitte) Princess Richard, Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Ulster, Baroness Culloden   {1946} [wife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

Prince Moulay Rachid ben al-Hassan of Morocco   {1970} (brother of King Mohammed VI of Morocco)

ROYAL CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar   {2000}

                                                                 (photo unrelated to coronation)


ROYAL INAUGURATION ANNIVERSARY

Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Tufuga Tupuola Efi, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa   {2007}

                                                                   (photo unrelated to inauguration)


DEATHS

1837   King William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick

1856   Tancrede Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois