(July 11) Today we're observing . . . Day of the Five Billion
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Day of the Five Billion / UN World Population Day
On July 11, 1987 a child born in Yugoslavia become 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.