Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection goes into its second edition, 3,000 copies.
The Taliban orders all religious minorities in Afghanistan to wear tags identifying them as non-Muslims. In addition, all Hindu...
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, rules at a special court convened at Dunstable Priory that the marriage of King...
Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion announces the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. According to the Israeli government, Eichmann left...
Girolamo Savonarola is executed by being burned alive in Florence, Italy. As a Dominican friar, Girolamo Savonarola was famous...
In Israel, Justice Minister Yosef "Tommy" Lapid compares an image of an old Arab woman digging through rubble in...