Birthday facts

Born on June 5.

Everyone born on June 5 is a Gemini — ruled by Mercury, two opinions, both sincere. The stone is pearl, the flower rose, and the day is shared with Christy Brown and Mark Wahlberg.

Sun sign

Gemini ♊︎

the Twins · ruled by Mercury · two opinions, both sincere

Birthstone

Pearl

June

Birth flower

Rose

& honeysuckle

Your book

Born on June 5? 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 5.

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

1932

Christy Brown

Irish painter and author

1971

Mark Wahlberg

American actor and rapper

1964

Rick Riordan

American author

1883

John Maynard Keynes

English economist and philosopher

1949

Ken Follett

Welsh author

1898

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet and playwright

1947

Laurie Anderson

American singer-songwriter and violinist

1978

Nick Kroll

American actor and comedian

On this day

What June 5 has seen.

It is World Environment Day.

663The Daming Palace in Chang'an became the seat of government and the royal residence of the Tang dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.

1610The masque Tethys' Festival was performed at the Palace of Whitehall to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick as Prince of Wales.

1963British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal with Christine Keeler, and resigned from government.

2001Tropical Storm Allison, the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that was never a hurricane, made landfall in Texas, causing approximately $8.5 billion in damage.

The calendar

When June 5 falls.

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