Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for August 8.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
- 1910: Rúhíyyih Khánum (pictured as a young woman), wife to Shoghi Effendi, is born in New York City to parents May and William Sutherland Maxwell.
- 2010: Reports are received that the Baha'i 7 have each received jail sentences of 20 years, the highest sentences ever given to prisoners of conscience in Iran.
