September 23

Welcome Fall!

Autumnal Equinox 

Feast of Saint Padre Pio  (Roman Catholic)

National Day in Saudi Arabia

Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople + Eastern Orthodox Churches (b/c of the birth of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus on September 23, 65 BC)


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Azrinaz Mazhar binti Hakim Mazhar  {1979} (ex-wife of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)

Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1989} (son of Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia & Neil Balfour   {1969} (divorced 1978)


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Anastasia "Anna" van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven   {2001} [daughter of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]