Treaty of Jeddah: Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain. King Abdul Aziz is recognized as sovereign over...

Adolf Hitler chooses the right-handed (counter-clockwise) swastika as the symbol for the NSDAP. This was the swastika form which...

The first 30 inmates arrive at Auschwitz. Prisoner number 1 is Bruno Brodniewicz, a German of Polish descent. ...

Germany's Nuremberg Race Laws are officially imposed on Austria. These laws deny Jews full citizenship for the "protection...

In Kabul, Afghanistan, the Taliban force an Italian-funded surgical hospital to close because it violates Muslim religious bans on...

Anarchist and freethinker Emma Goldman dies. Goldman always believed that freethought and anarchism were connected because both involve challenging...

Joseph Lewis, President of the Freethinkers' Society, files a lawsuit to stop Bible reading and religious hymns in public...

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

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

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