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World Cooling Shade Day
A day for trees, awnings, courtyards, verandas, porches, fans, and the practical genius of escaping heat.
Liechtenstein Edition
August 6, 2028
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Princely Succession Remembrance
Not a public holiday, but a significant date in Liechtenstein's political calendar. On August 6, 2004, Prince Hans-Adam II transferred the day-to-day governance of the principality to his son, Hereditary Prince Alois, while retaining the title of Head of State. The event was remarkable because Prince Hans-Adam II had also championed a 2003 constitutional referendum that gave the Prince the power to veto laws, dismiss the government, and call referendums : making Liechtenstein's monarchy one of the most powerful in Europe. The Prince's veto power is real: in 2011, Prince Hans-Adam II threatened to veto a referendum on abortion rights, and in 2012, Hereditary Prince Alois vetoed a referendum on the decriminalization of homosexuality. The principality may be tiny (25km long, 38,000 people), but its prince wields more political power than any other European monarch.