Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for April 16.
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- 1845: Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí is sent from Baghdad to Constantinople and sentenced to hard labour on the Imperial docks.
- 1912: News of the sinking of the RMS Titanic breaks; After praying for the deceased, the friends offered thanks that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had not traveled on that ship.