Indianapolis "Indy" 500 race at Indiananpolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, USA
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn & Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld {1818} (parents of Queen Victoria)
Prince Maurits of Oranje-Nassau & Marie-Helene "Marilene" van den Broek {1998} [civil]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1328 Philippe VI is crowned King of France.
1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867 The Austro-Hungarian agreement known as Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1868 The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1627 Mademoiselle Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier, petite-fille de France ("Granddaughter of France") (d.1693)
1630 King Charles II of England (d.1685) (OS May 29; NS June 8)
1773 Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester (d.1844)
DEATHS
1259 King Christoffer I of Denmark
1379 King Enrique/Henrique II of Castile
1425 Emperor Hongxi of China
1453 Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Byzantine Emperor
1628 King Anaukpetlun of Burma
1814 Josephine de Beauharnais, former Empress-consort of the French & Queen consort of Italy, Duchess of Navarre
1868 Prince Michael (Mihailo) Obrenovich III of Serbia (May 29, old style. June 10, new style)
1873 Prince Friedrich "Frittie" of Hesse and by Rhine (b.1870) (grandson of Queen Victoria)
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