Blaise Pascal is born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. A mathematician and theologian, Pascal will become well known for his work...

Affirmed: Freiler v. Tangipahoa — The Supreme Court lets stand a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that found...

Decided: Torcaso v. Watkins In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court rules that Maryland's religious test for public office...

Jerry Falwell breaks away from the church where he was saved and founds Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg,...

An article about Madalyn Murray O'Hair appears in Life magazine. Written by Jane Howard, this is one of the...

Madalyn Murray O'Hair broadcasts the first episode of "Atheist Point of View," an atheist radio program that will continue...

Congress passes the McCarran-Walter Immigration bill over President Truman's veto. It abolishes racial restrictions, but retains national quotas....

Decided: Abington Township School District v. Schempp — The Supreme Court rules 8-1 against the mandatory recitation of the...

Originally created by Pope Paul IV in 1557, the 'Index of Prohibited Books' (Index Librorum Prohibitorum) is abolished by...

Indian author Salman Rushdie is born in Bombay (later Mumbai). He starts out as a copywriter for an...