Freethought Almanac

Lighting a candle in toxic air.
2011-10-13
October 13: Knights Templars and Friday the 13th

The Knights Templars Arrested (1307): Unlucky 13? It was on this date, October 13, 1307 – and presumably on a Friday – that King Philip IV ("the Fair") of France arrested all of the Templar Knights. The religious order had been the subject of rumors of blasphemy and irreligious practices, but in fact the Knights […]

Read More

Ronald Bruce Meyer

Our Fearless Leader.


Daily Almanac

February 1: Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes "sought to counter, as best he could, his almost ineradicable reputation as an atheist. However, he made no effort to appear pious in public, and attached himself to no church."



Daily Almanac

Coming soon!

Follow me on twitter

@ 2020 Free Thought Almanac