Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for August 9.
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- 1912: A few weeks before his death, Thornton Chase (pictured) writes a poem about 'Abdu’l-Bahá that is eventually published in Star of the West.
- 2010: After two years of being detained without charge, the Baha'i 7 are moved from Iran's notorious Evin Prison to Raja'i Shahr Prison, 20 km west of Tehran.