Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for August 16.
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- 1863: Arrival of Bahá’u’lláh in Constantinople on Sunday at noon.
- 1912: 'Abdu'l-Bahá travels to Green Acre in Eliot, Maine, giving a talk minutes after His arrival. Thereafter, He visits Sarah Farmer in a sanitarium in Portsmouth, returning to Green Acre afterwards to give one of the longest talks of His entire tour.