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. ...

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

Roman emperor Theodosius I issues a new law preventing local governors from attending any sort of theater productions, races,...

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

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

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

Pope John Paul II admits that the Catholic Church made an error in 1663 when it condemned Galileo....

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

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