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The Earth on 5 June, with the rays of the day’s events
  1. A birthday on the globe

    5 June on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born

    For 5 June, the English Wikipedia lists 74 events and 184 births. 34 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; 13 more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.

    A birthday, yours or someone else’s:

  2. The Earth on 5 June

    The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in June 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.

    On 5 June the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 22.6° north. In London, the day lasts about 16 hours 25 minutes.

    Beyond 67° north the Sun no longer sets; beyond 67° south it no longer rises.

    The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.

  3. 5 June

    Britain and Ireland#

    Four events from the day’s list are placed here, between 1610 and 1993.

    The globe stops at two of them; the whole list is further down. All four

  4. Britain & Ireland · Palace of Whitehall

    1610

    The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.

    On the map: Palace of Whitehall.

    Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.

    Wikipedia: Palace of Whitehall

  5. Britain & Ireland · Holbeck Hall Hotel

    1993

    Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.

    On the map: Holbeck Hall Hotel.

    Wikipedia: Holbeck Hall Hotel

  6. 5 June

    Europe#

    10 events from the day’s list are placed here, between 1257 and 2017.

    The globe stops at one of them; the whole list is further down. All 10

  7. Europe · Kraków

    1257

    Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.

    On the map: Kraków.

    Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.

    Wikipedia: Kraków

  8. 5 June

    Asia#

    15 events from the day’s list are placed here, between 663 and 2022.

    The globe stops at three of them; the whole list is further down. All 15

  9. Asia · Daming Palace

    663

    The Daming Palace in Chang'an became the seat of government and the royal residence of the Tang dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.

    On the map: Daming Palace.

    Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Chinese.

    Wikipedia: Daming Palace

  10. Asia · Hagia Sophia

    830

    Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and icons.

    On the map: Hagia Sophia.

    Wikipedia: Hagia Sophia

  11. Asia · Ho Chi Minh City

    1862

    As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.

    On the map: Ho Chi Minh City.

    Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.

    Wikipedia: Treaty of Saigon

  12. 5 June

    North America#

    10 events from the day’s list are placed here, between 1817 and 2001.

    The globe stops at one of them; the whole list is further down. All 10

  13. North America · Houston

    1837

    Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

    On the map: Houston.

    Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.

    Wikipedia: Houston

  14. 5 June

    What the other Wikipedias remember#

    For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Spanish, Romanian and Chinese and were translated for this page.

  15. From Wikipedia in Spanish · Judaea

    70

    In Judea, the Emperor Titus, accompanied by his Roman legions, breaches the central defensive wall of Jerusalem.

    On the map: Judaea.

    Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.

    The article on Wikipedia in Spanish: Judea

  16. From Wikipedia in Romanian · University of Naples Federico II

    1224

    Emperor Frederick II founds the University of Naples.

    On the map: University of Naples Federico II.

    Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Romanian.

    The article on Wikipedia in Romanian: Universitatea din Napoli

  17. From Wikipedia in Chinese · Stockholm

    1972

    The world's first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, recommends that 5 June be designated World Environment Day; in October of the same year, the 27th UN General Assembly adopts the designation of 5 June each year as World Environment Day.

    On the map: Stockholm.

    Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Chinese.

    The article on Wikipedia in Chinese: 联合国人类环境会议

  18. From Wikipedia in Romanian · French Open

    1973

    Ilie Năstase wins the tennis tournament at Roland Garros.

    On the map: French Open.

    Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Romanian.

    The article on Wikipedia in Romanian: Turneul de tenis de la Roland Garros

  19. 5 June

    Born on 5 June#

    The English Wikipedia lists 184 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 60 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.

  20. Born on 5 June

    1883

    John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (died 1946)

    Place of birth: Cambridge.

    Wikipedia: John Maynard Keynes

  21. Born on 5 June

    1898

    Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)

    Place of birth: Fuente Vaqueros.

    Wikipedia: Federico García Lorca

  22. Born on 5 June

    1971

    Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper

    Wikipedia: Mark Wahlberg

  23. Born on 5 June

    1900

    Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

    Place of birth: Budapest.

    Wikipedia: Dennis Gabor

  24. Born on 5 June

    1862

    Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

    Place of birth: Landskrona Parish.

    Wikipedia: Allvar Gullstrand

  25. Born in Britain and Ireland

    1819

    John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1892)

    Place of birth: Laneast.

    Wikipedia: John Couch Adams

  26. Born in Britain and Ireland

    1949

    Ken Follett, Welsh author

    Place of birth: Cardiff.

    Wikipedia: Ken Follett

  27. Born in Britain and Ireland

    1928

    Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (died 1991)

    Place of birth: Shipley.

    Wikipedia: Tony Richardson

  28. The whole globe of the day

    Drag the globe to turn it. Touch a ray or a point to read what happened there.

Everything Wikipedia lists for 5 June

The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 27 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.

  1. 663

    The Daming Palace in Chang'an became the seat of government and the royal residence of the Tang dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.

    Asia · Daming PalaceWikipedia: Daming Palace
  2. 830

    Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and icons.

    Asia · Hagia SophiaWikipedia: Hagia Sophia
  3. 1086

    Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm.

    Asia · AleppoWikipedia: Battle of Ain Salm
  4. 1257

    Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.

    Europe · KrakówWikipedia: Kraków
  5. 1284

    Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.

    Europe · Battle of the Gulf of NaplesWikipedia: Battle of the Gulf of Naples
  6. 1288

    The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors.

    Europe · Battle of WorringenWikipedia: Battle of Worringen
  7. 1305

    Election of Pope Clement V following the death of Pope Benedict XI in the previous year.

    Europe · 1304–1305 conclaveWikipedia: 1304–1305 conclave
  8. 1610

    The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.

    Britain & Ireland · Palace of WhitehallWikipedia: Palace of Whitehall
  9. 1644

    The Qing dynasty's Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Qing dynasty
  10. 1794

    Haitian Revolution: Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture the capital of Saint-Domingue.

    Latin America · Battle of Port-RépublicainWikipedia: Haitian Revolution
  11. 1798

    Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.

    Britain & Ireland · Battle of New RossWikipedia: Battle of New Ross
  12. 1817

    The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.

    North America · Great LakesWikipedia: Great Lakes
  13. 1829

    HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.

    Latin America · CubaWikipedia: HMS Pickle
  14. 1832

    The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.

    Europe · ParisWikipedia: June Rebellion
  15. 1837

    Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

    North America · HoustonWikipedia: Houston
  16. 1849

    Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.

    Europe · DenmarkWikipedia: Denmark
  17. 1851

    Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.

  18. 1862

    As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.

    Asia · Ho Chi Minh CityWikipedia: Treaty of Saigon
  19. 1864

    American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.

    North America · Battle of PiedmontWikipedia: American Civil War
  20. 1873

    Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.

  21. 1879

    The Zungeni Mountain skirmish takes place between British and Zulu forces during the second invasion of the Zulu Kingdom.

    Africa · Zungeni Mountain skirmishWikipedia: Zungeni Mountain skirmish
  22. 1883

    The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Orient Express
  23. 1888

    The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.

    Latin America · 1888 Río de la Plata earthquakeWikipedia: 1888 Río de la Plata earthquake
  24. 1893

    The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Lizzie Borden
  25. 1897

    The Ancient Temples and Shrines Preservation Law was passed, instituting the protection of structures and artifacts in Japan designated National Treasures.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: National Treasure
  26. 1899

    Antonio Luna, Commanding General of the Philippine Army, was assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Antonio Luna
  27. 1900

    Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.

    Africa · PretoriaWikipedia: Second Boer War
  28. 1915

    Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.

  29. 1916

    Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Louis Brandeis
  30. 1916

    World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.

    Asia · Ottoman EmpireWikipedia: World War I
  31. 1917

    World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".

  32. 1940

    World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").

    no place on the mapWikipedia: World War II
  33. 1941

    World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.

    Asia · ChongqingWikipedia: Bombing of Chongqing
  34. 1942

    World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.

  35. 1944

    World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.

    Europe · Normandy landingsWikipedia: Normandy landings
  36. 1945

    The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.

  37. 1946

    A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.

    North America · IllinoisWikipedia: La Salle Hotel
  38. 1947

    Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.

    North America · Harvard UniversityWikipedia: Cold War
  39. 1949

    Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.

    Asia · ThailandWikipedia: Thailand
  40. 1956

    Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Elvis Presley
  41. 1959

    The first government of Singapore is sworn in.

    Asia · SingaporeWikipedia: Singapore
  42. 1960

    The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland.

    Europe · Lake Bodom murdersWikipedia: Lake Bodom murders
  43. 1963

    Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.

    Asia · IranWikipedia: 1963 demonstrations in Iran
  44. 1963

    The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Profumo affair
  45. 1964

    DSV Alvin is commissioned.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: DSV Alvin
  46. 1967

    The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Six-Day War
  47. 1968

    Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.

    North America · Assassination of Robert F. KennedyWikipedia: Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
  48. 1975

    The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Six-Day War
  49. 1975

    The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

    Britain & Ireland · United KingdomWikipedia: 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum
  50. 1976

    The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding.

    North America · Teton DamWikipedia: Teton Dam
  51. 1981

    The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.

    North America · Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWikipedia: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  52. 1983

    More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.

    Europe · UlyanovskWikipedia: Aleksandr Suvorov
  53. 1984

    Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.

    Asia · Operation Blue StarWikipedia: Operation Blue Star
  54. 1989

    The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

    Asia · 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacreWikipedia: 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  55. 1991

    Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.

  56. 1993

    Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.

    Britain & Ireland · Holbeck Hall HotelWikipedia: Holbeck Hall Hotel
  57. 1995

    The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.

  58. 1997

    The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.

  59. 1998

    A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.

    North America · Flint, MichiganWikipedia: Strike action
  60. 2000

    The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.

    Africa · KisanganiWikipedia: Six-Day War
  61. 2001

    Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.

    North America · TexasWikipedia: Tropical Storm Allison
  62. 2002

    Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.

  63. 2003

    A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.

    Asia · PakistanWikipedia: Heat wave
  64. 2004

    Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Noël Mamère
  65. 2009

    A fire at a day-care center kills 49 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.

    Latin America · 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fireWikipedia: 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire
  66. 2009

    After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.

    Latin America · Bagua, PeruWikipedia: 2009 Peruvian political crisis
  67. 2012

    Last transit of Venus until the year 2117.

  68. 2015

    An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.

    Asia · 2015 Sabah earthquakeWikipedia: 2015 Sabah earthquake
  69. 2016

    Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people.

    Asia · 2016 Aktobe shootingsWikipedia: 2016 Aktobe shootings
  70. 2017

    Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.

    Europe · MontenegroWikipedia: NATO
  71. 2017

    Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Bahrain
  72. 2022

    A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.

    Asia · KazakhstanWikipedia: 2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum
  73. 2024

    The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Boeing Starliner
  74. 2025

    The Nintendo Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide.

    no place on the mapWikipedia: Nintendo Switch 2

What the other Wikipedias remember

For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Spanish, Romanian and Chinese and were translated for this page.

  1. 70

    In Judea, the Emperor Titus, accompanied by his Roman legions, breaches the central defensive wall of Jerusalem.

    Asia · JudaeaTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in SpanishWikipedia: Judea
  2. 1224

    Emperor Frederick II founds the University of Naples.

    Europe · University of Naples Federico IITranslated from the list on Wikipedia in RomanianWikipedia: Universitatea din Napoli
  3. 1972

    The world's first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, recommends that 5 June be designated World Environment Day; in October of the same year, the 27th UN General Assembly adopts the designation of 5 June each year as World Environment Day.

    Europe · StockholmTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in ChineseWikipedia: 联合国人类环境会议
  4. 1973

    Ilie Năstase wins the tennis tournament at Roland Garros.

    Europe · French OpenTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in RomanianWikipedia: Turneul de tenis de la Roland Garros

Who was born on 5 June

In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 184 are shown.

  1. 1883

    John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (died 1946)

    CambridgeWikipedia: John Maynard Keynes
  2. 1898

    Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)

    Fuente VaquerosWikipedia: Federico García Lorca
  3. 1971

    Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper

    Wikipedia: Mark Wahlberg
  4. 1900

    Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

    BudapestWikipedia: Dennis Gabor
  5. 1878

    Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (died 1923)

    San Juan del Río del Centauro del NorteWikipedia: Pancho Villa
  6. 1942

    Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd president of Equatorial Guinea

  7. 1862

    Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

    Landskrona ParishWikipedia: Allvar Gullstrand
  8. 1819

    John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1892)

    LaneastWikipedia: John Couch Adams
  9. 1887

    Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (died 1948)

    New York CityWikipedia: Ruth Benedict
  10. 1998

    Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater

    YekaterinburgWikipedia: Yulia Lipnitskaya
  11. 1868

    James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (died 1916)

    EdinburghWikipedia: James Connolly
  12. 1941

    Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist

    Buenos AiresWikipedia: Martha Argerich
  13. 1949

    Ken Follett, Welsh author

    CardiffWikipedia: Ken Follett
  14. 1958

    Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel

    ChișinăuWikipedia: Avigdor Lieberman
  15. 1964

    Rick Riordan, American author

    San AntonioWikipedia: Rick Riordan
  16. 1937

    Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic

    OranWikipedia: Hélène Cixous
  17. 1962

    Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter

    ChicagoWikipedia: Jeff Garlin
  18. 1995

    Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber

    JohannesburgWikipedia: Troye Sivan
  19. 1760

    Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (died 1852)

    TurkuWikipedia: Johan Gadolin
  20. 1947

    Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist

    ChicagoWikipedia: Laurie Anderson
  21. 1646

    Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1684)

    VeniceWikipedia: Elena Cornaro Piscopia
  22. 1965

    Michael E. Brown, American astronomer and author

    HuntsvilleWikipedia: Michael E. Brown
  23. 1771

    Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (died 1851)

    Buckingham PalaceWikipedia: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
  24. 1931

    Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990)

    PontchâteauWikipedia: Jacques Demy
  25. 1928

    Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (died 1991)

    ShipleyWikipedia: Tony Richardson
  26. 1956

    Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

    SeattleWikipedia: Kenny G
  27. 1939

    Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th prime minister of Canada

    High RiverWikipedia: Joe Clark
  28. 1952

    Nicko McBrain, English drummer and songwriter

    London Borough of HackneyWikipedia: Nicko McBrain
  29. 1972

    Yogi Adityanath, Indian priest and politician

    PanchurWikipedia: Yogi Adityanath
  30. 1660

    Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (died 1744)

  31. 1907

    Rudolf Peierls, German-British physicist (died 1995)

    BerlinWikipedia: Rudolf Peierls
  32. 1640

    Pu Songling, Chinese author (died 1715)

    Zichuan DistrictWikipedia: Pu Songling
  33. 1953

    Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment

    BerkeleyWikipedia: Kathleen Kennedy
  34. 1757

    Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (died 1808)

  35. 1830

    Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (died 1905)

    Rionero in VultureWikipedia: Carmine Crocco
  36. 1978

    Nick Kroll, American actor and comedian

    New York CityWikipedia: Nick Kroll
  37. 1341

    Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1402)

  38. 1975

    Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian-American basketball player

    KaunasWikipedia: Zydrunas Ilgauskas
  39. 1978

    Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer

    GuimarãesWikipedia: Fernando Meira
  40. 1979

    Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer

    WilmetteWikipedia: Pete Wentz
  41. 1944

    Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer and academic

    New York CityWikipedia: Whitfield Diffie
  42. 1939

    Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic

    SheffieldWikipedia: Margaret Drabble
  43. 1958

    Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros

    MutsamuduWikipedia: Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
  44. 1967

    Ron Livingston, American actor

    Cedar RapidsWikipedia: Ron Livingston
  45. 1977

    Liza Weil, American actress

    PassaicWikipedia: Liza Weil
  46. 1991

    Ninja, American professional gamer

    TaylorWikipedia: Ninja
  47. 1932

    Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (died 1981)

    DublinWikipedia: Christy Brown
  48. 1920

    Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (died 1974)

    DublinWikipedia: Cornelius Ryan
  49. 1933

    Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (died 2016)

    KoraćicaWikipedia: Bata Živojinović
  50. 1945

    John Carlos, American runner and football player

    Wikipedia: John Carlos
  51. 1523

    Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1573)

    Saint-Germain-en-LayeWikipedia: Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry
  52. 1938

    Karin Balzer, German hurdler (died 2019)

    MagdeburgWikipedia: Karin Balzer
  53. 1850

    Pat Garrett, American sheriff (died 1908)

    Chambers CountyWikipedia: Pat Garrett
  54. 1946

    Patrick Head, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Williams F1

    FarnboroughWikipedia: Patrick Head
  55. 1961

    Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (died 1999)

    Los AngelesWikipedia: Mary Kay Bergman
  56. 1992

    Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer

    AdelaideWikipedia: Emily Seebohm
  57. 1412

    Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Italian ruler (died 1478)

  58. 1884

    Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (died 1969)

    PinnerWikipedia: Ivy Compton-Burnett
  59. 1930

    Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (died 1996)

    CairoWikipedia: Alifa Rifaat
  60. 1969

    Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

    BuffaloWikipedia: Brian McKnight

What is celebrated on 5 June

  • Arbor Day (New Zealand)
  • Christian feast day: Boniface
  • Christian feast day: Dorotheus of Gaza
  • Christian feast day: Dorotheus of Tyre
  • Christian feast day: Luke Loan Ba Vu (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Christian feast day: Genesius, Count of Clermont
  • Christian feast day: Blessed Meinwerk
  • Christian feast day: June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Constitution Day (Denmark)
  • Father's Day (Denmark)
  • Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
  • Liberation Day (Seychelles)
  • President's Day (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Reclamation Day (Azerbaijan)

A greeting link for someone

Type a name and, if you like, the year of birth. The link opens with a greeting, and beside each event it says how old the person turned that day, or how many years before their birth it happened.

The name and the year go only into the link you send.

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All 366 days

How the globe is made

Where the events come from

Each edition of this page uses the day’s list from Wikipedia in its own language: Romanian, English, Spanish, Chinese. The lists are written by volunteers and differ from one edition to the next; the text of each event is Wikipedia’s, with a link to the article. A row that appears twice in a list is shown once. The lists have not been checked event by event: they are Wikipedia’s, mistakes included.

For events before 1582, and for countries that moved to the Gregorian calendar later (Britain in 1752, Russia in 1918), the same day may be counted Old Style in one list and New Style in another.

The chapter “What the other Wikipedias remember” adds up to five events a day from the lists of the other three editions, only for years in which the English list has nothing on that day. They were translated for this page, passed the same filters as the tour, and are not counted among the events of the English list.

How an event gets onto the map

The place comes from Wikidata. If the sentence links to the article about the event itself (a battle, an opening, an earthquake), dated to the same year, the ray stands on its coordinates or on those of its location. Otherwise it stands on the first place the sentence links to: a town, a building, a mountain, an island. This second step can be wrong: sometimes the sentence only mentions the place. That is why the page says, under each event, which place the ray stands on.

When the sentence links to a single state or province, or to a single sea, lake or desert larger than 5,000 km², the globe shows a dashed circle, not a ray. The circle has the area Wikidata gives, with its radius kept between 1.2° and 16°, or a radius of 4.5° when Wikidata gives no area; it says only that the sentence links to that place. Organisations, ships, spacecraft, museum objects, rivers, mountain ranges, languages and continents are never used as places. When a sentence names several states and no exact place, the event stays in the list only.

What the height means

The height of a ray shows how many years have passed, on a logarithmic scale: 10 years, 100 years and 1,000 years are equal steps apart; anything older than about 2,600 years has the tallest ray. The colour runs from pale yellow for recent years to violet for antiquity.

Where the tour stops

In each region the tour stops at up to three events (five in Britain and Ireland), chosen mainly by three things: whether Wikipedia’s editors put the event in the “On this day” box of their main page (the English, Spanish and Chinese editions), how many Wikipedia editions have an article about it, and how many of the four lists include it. Events whose sentence or article is about a war, an attack, a crime or a disaster are left out of the tour; they stay in the whole list, in Wikipedia’s wording. The filter is a list of words and a list of Wikidata types, so it can miss some.

The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.

The Earth and the Sun

The daytime images are NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation mosaics, one for each month of 2004; the night side is Black Marble 2016. The tilt of the line between day and night is computed for the day; the hour is chosen so that the place being read is in daylight. The latitude where the Sun stands overhead is the average of the four years of the leap cycle; in a given year it can differ by up to 0.4°.

The day you were born

The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.

The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.

The day of birth, year included

The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.

The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.

When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.

The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.

The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.

The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.

The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.

Sources

More pages about birthdays