Yearly on this date in Greece the god Apolo was worshipped and supplicated by his faithful cult. The annual festival called the Hiketeria was celebrated in his honor.
On this day in 1946, Pagan author Margot Adler was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her Wiccan handfasting on June 19 1988 was the first Neo-Pagan Wedding to appear in the New York Times' society pages.