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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms.
Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, she married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, with whom she had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth – then 25 years old – became head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. She has reigned as a constitutional monarch through major political changes, such as the Troubles, devolution in the United Kingdom, accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities, Brexit, Canadian patriation, and the decolonisation of Africa. Between 1956 and 1992, the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence, and as realms, including South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (renamed Sri Lanka), became republics. Her many historic visits and meetings include a state visit to the Republic of Ireland and visits to or from five popes. Significant events have included her coronation in 1953 and the celebrations of her Silver, Golden, and Diamond Jubilees in 1977, 2002, and 2012, respectively. In 2017, she became the first British monarch to reach a Sapphire Jubilee. In 2021, after 73 years of marriage, her husband Prince Philip died at the age of 99.
Elizabeth is the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, the longest-serving female head of state in world history, the world’s oldest living monarch, longest-reigning current monarch, and oldest and longest-serving current head of state. Elizabeth has occasionally faced republican sentiments and press criticism of the royal family, in particular after the breakdown of her children’s marriages, her annus horribilis in 1992, and the death in 1997 of her former daughter-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales. However, support for the monarchy in the United Kingdom has been and remains consistently high, as does her personal popularity.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Every Year
1770s
1810s
1820s
1830s
1850s
1890s
- BORN 1890: HARLAND SANDERS (FOUNDER OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN)
- 1898: TOM FLEMING WON THE FIRST NATIONAL LOG ROLLING CHAMPIONSHIP
1900s
1930s
1940s
1950s
- BORN 1951: MICHAEL KEATON (ACTOR)
- BORN 1951: TOM WOPAT (ACTOR & SINGER)
- BORN 1952: ANGELA CARTWRIGHT (ACTRESS)
- 1954: CANADIAN SWIMMER, MARILYN BELL, BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO SWIM ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO
- 1956: ELVIS PRESLEY APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. THE SHOW WAS HOSTED BY CHARLES LAUGHTON BECAUSE SULLIVAN WAS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT
1960s
- BORN 1960: HUGH GRANT (ACTOR)
- 1961: USS LONG BEACH, THE FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED SURFACE WARSHIP, WAS COMMISSIONED
- BORN 1966: ADAM SANDLER (ACTOR)
- 1968: ARTHUR ASHE WON THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS TITLE
1970s
1980s
1990s
2010s
- 2015: QUEEN ELIZABETH II BECAME THE LONGEST-REIGNING MONARCH IN BRITAIN’S HISTORY
- 2018: FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN MIAMI DOLPHINS AND TENNESSEE TITANS LASTED ABOUT 7 HOURS 8 MINUTES DUE TO 3 HOURS 59 MINUTES OF WEATHER (LIGHTNING) DELAYS. THIS MADE IT THE LONGEST GAME IN NFL HISTORY SINCE THE 1970 NFL-AFL MERGER. DOLPHINS BEAT THE TITANS 27-20.
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