November 27, 1095 — Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade
Urban II had been Pope for seven years in 1095. But the events he is best remembered for had their...
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May 15, 1252 — Pope Innocent IV authorizes the Inquisition to torture heretics
The Medieval Inquisition was a series of Inquisitions that slowly merged into a more or less continuous process of arrest...
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November 24, 1859 — “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin is first published
One of the most controversial books in the world, On the Origin of Species (often called Origin of the Species...
November 9, 2020
January 22, 1973 — The Roe v. Wade case is decided
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March 9, 2016
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