Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua
Order of the Garter Service in Saint George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Windsor, UK
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca {1965} (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1249 Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.
1625 King Charles I of England & Ireland marries Princess Henrietta Maria of France.
1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30pm.
1981 After the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
1982 Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia, upon the death of his brother King Khalid.
2000 Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
823 Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor & King of the West Franks (d.877)
1672 Duchess Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d.1741)
DEATHS
1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia & Swabia
1918 Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich of Russia (aka Emperor Michael II), younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II
1982 King Khalid of Saudi Arabia
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