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Thursday 4 June 2026

What the atlas records for this date, across the traditions it covers.

The Day BeforeTodayThe Day AfterAll Of June 2026

Observed On This Date

Corpus Christi
Feast / celebration
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday, the sixtieth day after Easter
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
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This Week In Space and Astronomy History

4 JuneAriane 5, First Flight Date 1996
4 JuneFalcon 9, Launch Date 2010
5 JuneEuropa, First Flight Date 1964
5 JuneGSLV Mk III (LVM3), First Flight Date 2017
8 JuneNorth American X-15, Launch Date 1959
8 JuneVenera 9, Launch Date 1975
10 JuneSpirit, Launch Date 2003
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Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.