Pope Paul III institutes the Portuguese Inquisition of the King of Portugal, João III. The primary target of the...

In Israel, Justice Minister Yosef "Tommy" Lapid compares an image of an old Arab woman digging through rubble in...

Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while in American custody in Lüneburg with a potassium cyanide capsule before interrogation can begin....

L. Ronald Hubbard, Jr., the son of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, appears on Public Broadcasting Television to talk...

Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei, writes to Spain's fascist leader Franco to praise him for his...

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

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

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

George Carlin is born George Denis Patrick Carlin in Manhattan, New York City. Raised by his mother as...

Clarence Darrow, who will be part of the defense team for John Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, explains in an...