BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on May 28.

Everyone born on May 28 is a Gemini — ruled by Mercury, two opinions, both sincere. The stone is emerald, the flower lily of the valley, and the day is shared with Ian Fleming and John Stones.

Gemini, the Twins — an engraving
Sun sign
Gemini ♊︎
the Twins · ruled by Mercury · two opinions, both sincere
Emerald, the birthstone for May — an engraving
Birthstone
Emerald
May
Lily of the valley, the birth flower for May — an engraving
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
& hawthorn

Your book

Born on May 28? 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 May 28.

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

1908
Ian Fleming
English author and journalist
1994
John Stones
English footballer
1971
Marco Rubio
American lawyer and politician
1968
Kylie Minogue
Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1883
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian poet and politician
1985
Carey Mulligan
English actress
1945
Patch Adams
American author and physician
1978
Jake Johnson
American actor

On this day

What May 28 has seen.

It is Menstrual Hygiene Day.

1608Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.
1901Mozaffar ad-Din, Shah of Persia, granted exclusive rights to prospect for oil in the country to businessman William Knox D'Arcy.
1940Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.

The calendar

When May 28 falls.

A Thursday in 2026, a Friday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Monday in 2029, and a Tuesday in 2030.