Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for February 3.
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- 1950: Dr Sulaymán Birgís is martyred in Káshán, Iran.
- 1957: Enoch Olinga arrives in the Holy Land, the first black African Bahá’í to go on pilgrimage.
- 1964: Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion Violette Nakhjavání leave Haifa at the start of their 55,000 mile, 9-month journey through India, Ceylon, Nepal and Sikkim.
- 1992: The Association of Bahá'í Publishers and Distributors is established at a Bahá'í Publishers' Conference in Oakham, England, with its headquarters in the Netherlands.
- 2009: The publication of We are Ashamed, an open letter from a group of academics, writers, artists, journalists and Iranian activists throughout the world to the Bahá'í community.
