BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on June 16.

Everyone born on June 16 is a Gemini — ruled by Mercury, two opinions, both sincere. The stone is pearl, the flower rose, and the day is shared with Andy Weir and Jürgen Klopp.

Gemini, the Twins — an engraving
Sun sign
Gemini ♊︎
the Twins · ruled by Mercury · two opinions, both sincere
Pearl, the birthstone for June — an engraving
Birthstone
Pearl
June
Rose, the birth flower for June — an engraving
Birth flower
Rose
& honeysuckle

Your book

Born on June 16? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Gemini, May 21 to June 20.

The Twins, ruled by Mercury, the messenger — and so the books give the sign to talkers, writers, the quick and the curious. An air sign, credited with wit and adaptability and blamed for changing its mind, which its people would call keeping up. Two of everything: two opinions, two projects, two friends who have never met. The tradition finds it charming and slightly exhausting, in that order.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on June 16.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1972
Andy Weir
American novelist
1967
Jürgen Klopp
German footballer and manager
1723
Adam Smith
Scottish philosopher and economist
1971
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and producer
1938
Joyce Carol Oates
American novelist and poet
1882
Mohammad Mosaddegh
60th Prime Minister of Iran
1955
Laurie Metcalf
American actress
1946
Simon Williams
English playwright and actor

On this day

What June 16 has seen.

1755After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.
1960Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.
1963Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

The calendar

When June 16 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.