December 29

Fifth Day of Christmas  (Christianity)

Kwanzaa  (USA/African-American)

Feast of Saint Thomas Becket  (Roman Catholic, Anglican)

Constitution Day in Ireland

Independence Day in Mongolia  (1911)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Dr. Claire Booth Windsor, Countess of Ulster   {1977} [wife of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (son of Prince Richard, Duke Gloucester {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

                                                  (pictured far left in blue with her son & husband)

Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan   {1994} [daughter of Prince Fumihito of Japan, Prince Akishino (son of Emperor Akihito of Japan)]

                       (pictured far right wearing white sweater & plaid skirt, seated next to her little brother & mother)

Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi of Fujairah   {2009} [son of Crown Prince Shaikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi of Fujairah (son of Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Emir of Fujairah)]

Savannah Phillips   {2010} [daughter of Peter Phillips (son of The Princess Anne, Princess Royal {daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

                                                                     (pictured held by her mother, Autumn Phillips)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Caroline of Monaco & Stefano Casiraghi   {1983}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1709   Empress Elizabeth/Elizaveta of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias (d.1762)

1843   Princess Elisabeth of Wied, Queen consort of Romania [aka "Carmen Sylva"] (d.1916)

1931   Prince/Emperor Yi Ku/Gu of Korea (d.2005)

DEATH

721   Empress Gemmei of Japan