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

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...

The Taliban orders all religious minorities in Afghanistan to wear tags identifying them as non-Muslims. In addition, all Hindu...

Katharine Hepburn is born in Hartford, Connecticut. An American actress, Hepburn is outspoken about her atheism when the subject...

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

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

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

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