On this date (approximately), hundreds of thousands of Muslims make a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca to kiss and touch the Black Stone (one of the original building blocks of a veiled shrine) and to worship their god Allah. They then drink some water from the nearby sacred Well of Ishmael, and journey up into the hills of Safa and Marwa to recite prayers.

On this date Druid, Magician, and Witch Isaac Bonewitz was born.

Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society was also born on this date in 1847.