(July 11) Today we're celebrating . . . Day of the Five Billion
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Day of the Five Billion / UN World Population Day
On July 11, 1987 Matej Gaspar was born in Yugoslavia becoming the 5,000,000,000th person on Planet Earth.
The United Nations and the world community observe this anniversary by focusing attention on the importance and urgency of dealing with the world’s population explosion.