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

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

At a meeting of the International Rabbinical Coalition for Israel, Abraham Hecht announces that it is contrary to Jewish...

Bishops attending the First Council of Nicaea promulgate the Nicene Creed. This will be the fundamental statement of Christian...

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

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

Thomas Henry Huxley dies in Sussex, England. A natural scientist and author, Huxley has become so closely associated...

The Equal Rights Amendment fails. Approval from thirty-eight states is needed for ratification, but only thirty-five have voted for...

Anthony Collins is born in England. A philosopher and prominent deist, he will argue quite forcefully in defense of...

Joseph Lewis is born. An author and a teacher, Joseph Lewis will be a leading advocate of atheism and...