Pope John Paul II issues a "motu proprio" entitled Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela. With this, the pope assigns exclusive canonical...

Decided: Foucha v. Louisiana - In a 5-4 ruling the U.S. Supreme Court decides that a person acquitted of...

Clarence Darrow, who has volunteered to help defend John Scopes in his trial for violating the Butler Act prohibition...

Decided: Stromberg v. California — The U.S. Supreme Court rules that laws banning the use of particular emblems or...

The General Court of the Massachusetts issues a decree banning non-Christians and anyone not a member of the church...

Friedrich Nietzsche's sister, Elisabeth, marries Bernhard Förster, a professional antisemite. In his writings, Förster describes Jews as a...

Thomas Henry Huxley is born in Middlesex, England. A natural scientist and author, Huxley will become widely known as...

Joseph Lewis, President of the Freethinkers' Society, files a lawsuit to stop Bible reading and religious hymns in public...

Katharine Hepburn is born in Hartford, Connecticut. An American actress, Hepburn is outspoken about her atheism when the subject...

Anarchist and freethinker Emma Goldman dies. Goldman always believed that freethought and anarchism were connected because both involve challenging...