history

• 0141 the 6th recorded perihelion passage of halley's comet took place.
• 1345 saturn/jupiter/mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
• 1703 - akō incident: 46 of the 47 surviving ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death in edo
• 1760 the great fire of boston destroyed 349 buildings.
• 1982 joan jett & blackhearts' "i love rock 'n' roll" goes #1 for 7 wks

birthdays:

• b.f. skinner 1904
• fred "mr." rogers 1928