October 27 is International Religious Freedom Day. It is a date with a long, checkered history. On this day in 1988, President Bill Clinton signed the International Religious Freedom Act into law.
Also on this day, in AD 312, Constantine the Great had his vision of the Cross, which led to his conversion to Christianity and, eventually, the Edict of Milan, which legalized Christianity in the empire. On this day in 1553, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake outside of Geneva for heresy. On October 27, 2018, a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing eleven and injuring six.
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