Whitsunday, or Pentecost, is the seventh Sunday after Easter. For Christians, this commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit in tongues of flame upon the apostles. Because the disciples were said to have begun baptizing thousands of people soon afterward, Whitsunday or Pentecost became the traditional time for baptisms. Whit, a corruption of white, refers to the white baptismal garments worn on this day. It is also a time of spring festivals throughout Europe, with echoes of pagan spring rites such as morris dancing and dressing a young boy in greenery (Jack-in-the-Green) and marching him through the village.
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Sunday, June 4, 2028
Born
- King George III (British monarch) –
- Tom Longboat (runner) –
- Dennis Weaver (actor) –
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer (sex therapist, author) –
- Bruce Dern (actor) –
- Robert Fulghum (author) –
- Joyce Meyer (writer) –
- Michelle Phillips (singer & actress) –
- Noah Wyle (actor) –
- Angelina Jolie (actress) –
- Evan Spiegel (American businessman) –
Died
- Giacomo Casanova –
- Reinhard Heydrich (Nazi leader) –
- Dorothy Gish (actress) –
Events
- The Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco, California –
- Henry Ford took his car out for a trial drive around the streets of Detroit –
- Ernest Poole first to win Pulitzer Prize for novel –
- Battle of Midway begins, leading to a great American Naval victory over Japan during WWII –
- Hockey player Gordie Howe retired at age 52 –
- Tiananmen Square massacre –
- Eric Ozolins caught a 13-foot-long hammerhead shark, with a girth of 80 inches, off the coast of Padre Island in Texas. The shark was then released. –
- Cat “Rayne Beau” was lost during a family trip to Yellowstone in Wyoming; would be found two months later in California. –
Weather
- Early-season hurricanes wrecked ships from Cuba to New England –