Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded with a sword...

T.E. Lawrence, better known internationally as Lawrence of Arabia, dies of injuries received in a motorcycle accident six days...

Newly revealed documents from the Pentagon reveal that military officials are investigating more than two dozen deaths and many...

An anonymous Catholic priest writing in the official Jesuit journal La Civilta Catholica explains why the organization Friends of...

The Faculty of Theology at the University of Cologne endorses Heinrich Kramer and Johann Sprenger's book Malleus Maleficarum (The...

Thomas Henry Huxley is born in Middlesex, England. A natural scientist and author, Huxley will become widely known as...

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

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

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

Clarence Darrow, who has volunteered to help defend John Scopes in his trial for violating the Butler Act prohibition...