January 7, 2013

Christmas Day (Eastern Orthodox Christianity using the Julian Calendar; Russia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Serbia, Macedonia, Moldova, Georgia, Montenegro; the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Assyrian Church of the East in Iraq, Iran, Turkey + Syria)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Michael of Greece + Denmark   {1939} [1st cousin-once-removed of King Constantine II of Greece & Queen Sofia of Spain; 1st cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]

Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum of Dubai   {2012} [son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai & Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan, Sheikha of Dubai (half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

King Willem III of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg & Princess Adelheid Emma of Waldeck + Pyrmont   {1879}

Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg & Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld   {1937}

ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Emperor Akihito of Japan   {1989}

DEATH

1989   Emperor Showa (Hirohito) of Japan