Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, rules at a special court convened at Dunstable Priory that the marriage of King...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

In Berlin, the Nazis convert Freethinkers Hall, the national headquarters of the German Freethinkers League, into office space for...