The Faculty of Theology at the University of Cologne endorses Heinrich Kramer and Johann Sprenger's book Malleus Maleficarum (The...

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded with a sword...

Newly revealed documents from the Pentagon reveal that military officials are investigating more than two dozen deaths and many...

Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm X will become a driving force behind the...

T.E. Lawrence, better known internationally as Lawrence of Arabia, dies of injuries received in a motorcycle accident six days...

Persian poet Omar Khayyam (full name: Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath 'Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nishapuri al-Khayyami) is born in Nishapur. ...

Pope John Paul II admits that the Catholic Church made an error in 1663 when it condemned Galileo....

Philosopher William K. Clifford is born in Exeter, England. A mathematician and philosopher who does not write a great...

Decided: Brown vs. Board of Education — The U.S. Supreme Court rules 9-0 to end the legality of "separate...

Joseph Lewis, President of the Freethinkers' Society of New York, issues an appeal for donations to help fight a...