In London, the Church of Scientology loses a court battle to prevent two of its members from being extradited...

Adolf Hitler arrives in Munich, Germany, after fleeing conscription in the army of the Habsburg Empire. He rents a...

Armenian Genocide: Large-scale deportations of Armenians begin in Turkey.

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

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

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

British philosopher Bertrand Russell is born in Ravenscroft, Wales. Along with A.N. Whitehead, Russell will write Principia Mathematica in...

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