On this date in ancient Greece, a feast of beans known as the Pyanopsia was celebrated annually in honor of the great Olympian god Apollo and the three beautiful goddesses of the four seasons known as the Horae.

The birthday of Sedna, the Eskimo goddess of both the sea and the Underworld, is celebrated annually on this date in Greenland, northeastern Siberia, and the Arctic coastal regions of North America.

Senate passes an amendment (705) attached by Senator Jesse Helms to House Resolution 3036 (1986 budget bill), denying tax-exempt status to any organization that espouses satanism or witchcraft, 1985.