Shavuot (Jewish), until nightfall
Anniversary of the Enthronement of King Abdullah II of Jordan (1999)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Ragnhild of Norway {1930} (sister of King Harald V of Norway)
Laura Ponte y Martinez {1973} [wife of Luis Beltran Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (nephew of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]
Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark {1983} (daughter of King Constantine II of Greece)
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan & Masako Owada {1993}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
53 Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
62 Roman Empress consort Claudia Octavis is executed.
68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad.
721 Odo "the Great", Duke of Aquitaine, defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
1873 Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
1946 King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand.
1958 Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1595 King Wladyslaw IV Vasa of Poland (d.1648)
1640 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, King of Hungary & Bohemia, King of Croatia, Archduke of Austria (d.1705)
1661 Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d.1682)
1672 Tsar Peter I "the Great" of Russia, Emperor & Autocrat of All the Russias (d.1725) [new style June 9; old style May 30]
DEATHS
62 Roman Empress consort Claudia Octavia, wife of Emperor Nero
68 Roman Emperor Nero
630 King Shahrbaraz of Persia
1572 Queen Jeanne/Joan III of Navarre
1923 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter of Queen Victoria)
1946 Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), King of Thailand
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