Events

• Caesar Augustus sent ferrets (named 'viverrae' by Plinius) to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues.
• Tiberius sent to Armenia, then retires to Rhodes.

Births

• Possible birthdate of Jesus, April 17. "Molnar announced 10 years ago his conclusion that the href="http://articles.gourt.com/en/Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem was in fact a double eclipse of Jupiter in a rare astrological conjunction that occurred in Aries on March 20, 6 BC, and again on April 17, 6 BC. ... Mr. Molnar believes that Roman astrologers would have interpreted the double-eclipse as signifying the birth of a divine king in Judea."

Deaths

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