Girolamo Savonarola is executed by being burned alive in Florence, Italy. As a Dominican friar, Girolamo Savonarola was famous...

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

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

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

Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion announces the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. According to the Israeli government, Eichmann left...

The first Ethical Culture Society meets in New York City with around 100 members. Felix Adler, the founder...

In Afghanistan, the Taliban bans all women from driving — even including foreign women who are in Afghanistan as...

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

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

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