Archives
Search
Monthly Archives: April 2016
April 30 in freethought history…
April 30, 1789 – George Washington is sworn in as the first President of the United States of America. While it has become traditional for presidents to tack on “so help me God” after the official oath of office, it is … Continue reading
April 29 in freethought history…
April 29, 2006Â -Â Economist John Kenneth Galbraith dies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, aged 97. Born in Canada, Galbraith spent his adult life in the United States, where his influence extended to the social and political: he was a speechwriter and advisor to … Continue reading
Posted in biography, free speech rights, freethought, history, humanism, politics
Tagged john kenneth galbraith, openly secular
Leave a comment
April 28 in freethought history…
April 28, 1927 – Civil rights activist William Lewis Moore is born in Binghamton, New York. Moore was murdered in 1963 near Attalla, Alabama, while on a solo protest march, in which he intended to walk from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, … Continue reading
Posted in arts, biography, books, civil rights, history, humor, radio
Tagged terry pratchett, william lewis moore
Leave a comment
April 27 in freethought history…
April 27, 1759 – Pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft is born in London, England. She is best known for her bestselling and influential book Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). Wollstonecraft died due shortly after giving birth to her daughter Mary … Continue reading
Posted in biography, books, history, international freethought, women's rights
Tagged christopher hitchens, karl rove, mary wollstonecraft
Leave a comment
April 26 in freethought history…
April 26, 1995Â – American socialist and civil libertarian Corliss Lamont idies in Ossining, New York, aged 93. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union for 30 years, and like many leftists of the early 20th century, first praised … Continue reading
Posted in biography, civil rights, history, humanism, humor, religion, science, skepticism, women's rights
Tagged boobquake, corliss lamont
Leave a comment
April 25 in freethought history…
April 25, 1908 – Pioneering broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow is born Egbert Roscoe Murrow in Guilford County, North Carolina. He was one of the most influential figures in radio and television news, coming to international prominence for his reports during … Continue reading
April 24 in freethought history…
April 24, 1800 - President John Adams approves funding for the Library of Congress, now the largest collection of books ever accumulated. April 24, 1923 – Sigmund Freud’s The Ego and the Id (Das Ich und das Es) is published in Vienna. … Continue reading
Posted in biography, books, history, international freethought, psychology
Tagged library of congress, sigmund freud, uri geller
Leave a comment
April 23 in freethought history…
April 23, 1963 – Civil rights activist William Lewis Moore is murdered near Attalla, Alabama, while on a solo protest march, in which he intended to walk from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, to deliver a letter to Mississippi Governor … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, biography, civil rights, history
Tagged openly secular day, william lewis moore
Leave a comment
April 22 in freethought history…
April 22, 1864 – The US Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864, changing the composition of the one-cent coin and authorizing the production of a new two-cent coin featuring the phrase “In God We Trust”–the first time such wording … Continue reading
Posted in arts, atheism, biography, history, humor, military, music
Tagged in god we trust, john waters, pat tillman
Leave a comment
April 21 in freethought history…
April 21, 1910 -Â American writer, lecturer and raconteur Samuel Clemens (a.k.a Mark Twain) dies in Redding, Connecticut, aged 74. Widely considered one of the greatest American novelists, his works include Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Twain was outspoken on a … Continue reading
Posted in arts, biography, books, evolution, history, humor, movies, television
Tagged inherit the wind, mark twain, samuel clemens
Leave a comment