June 18 is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 196 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
- 1880: Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visit the Druze village of Yirkih (Yerka).
- 1983: Ten Bahá’í women, including 17-year-old Mona Mahmudnizhad, are hanged in Shiraz, Iran after being arrested for teaching religious children's classes to Bahá’í youth.[1]
- 2017: The design for the local House of Worship for Tanna, Vanuatu is unveiled.[2]
Births[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
- 1943: Mabel Rice-Wray Ives, early Bahá'í travel teacher and wife of Howard Colby Ives.
- 1983: Shahin Dalvand, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Izzat Janami Ishraqi, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Ru'ya Ishraqi, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Mona Mahmudnizhad, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred at just seventeen years of age.[3]
- 1983: Zarrin Muqimi-Abyanih, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Mahshid Nirumand, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Simin Sabiri, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Tahirih Arjumandi Siyavushi, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Akhtar Thabit, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Nusrat Ghufrani Yalda'i, member of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1991: John Robarts, prominent Canadian Bahá’í and Hand of the Cause of God.
- 1992: Isobel Sabri, American Bahá’í who pioneered to Scotland, Uganda, and Tanzania, and served on the International Teaching Center.
References[edit]
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 180. View as PDF.
- ↑ http://news.bahai.org/story/1175
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 181. View as PDF.
