Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries of events in Bahá’í history.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Bahá - Jalál - Jamál - ‘Aẓamat - Núr - Raḥmat - Kalimát - Kamál - Asmá’ - ‘Izzat - Mashíyyat - ‘Ilm - Qudrat - Qawl - Masá’il - Sharaf - Sulṭán - Mulk - Ayyám-i-Há - ‘Alá’
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- 1898: Áqá Ghulám-Husayn-i-Banádakí is killed by a mob in Yazd after refusing to deny his faith.
- 1951: Behrouz Tavakkoli, member of the Friends in Iran, an ad hoc leadership group facilitating the activities of Bahá’ís in Iran, is born.
- 1955: The House of Bahá’u’lláh in Tákur, Mázandarán, Iran, is taken over.
- 1960: A Bahá’í pioneer leaves Thailand to settle in Luang Prabang, Laos.
- 1992: Bahá'ís from many countries participate in the United Nations Conference on the Environment (UNCED), known as the Earth Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- 1929: Roger White, Bahá’í poet and author, is born.
- 1932: Daniel Jordan (pictured), member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, is born.
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- 1912: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visits Milford, Pennsylvania, and stays there overnight.
- 1957: The Covenant-breakers occupying the properties surrounding the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the Mansion of Bahjí lose their appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel; they are eventually evicted from the vicinity of the Shrine.
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- 1955: Frank Wyss arrives in the Cocos Islands, and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh.
- 1966: Willard McKay, an American Bahá'í who pioneered to Canada and toured the southern United States with Louis Gregory to promote racial unity, dies.
- 2004: Violet Hoehnke (pictured), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to the Admiralty Islands, dies.
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- 1894: Thornton Chase (pictured) becomes a Bahá’í after attending Ibrahim Kheiralla's classes in Chicago.
- 1973: Establishment of the International Teaching Centre by the Universal House of Justice.
- 1993: Gertrude Blum, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to the Solomon Islands.
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- 1874: Hand of the Cause Louis Gregory (pictured) is born in Charleston, South Carolina.
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- 1873: Amelia Collins (pictured), prominent Bahá’í and Hand of the Cause is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- 1912: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá speaks in the Champney home in New York, and then leaves for Philadelphia. He is so tired upon his arrival that he is forced to cancel some of His engagements.
- 2010: Concerns for the Yarán, the seven Bahá’ís imprisoned in Iran, are expressed at the 14th session of the United Nations' Human Rights Council in Geneva, and in individual contributions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.
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- 1912: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá speaks in the Unitarian Church at 15th St. and Girard Ave. in Philadelphia.
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- 1877: Bahá'u'lláh's residence is moved to Mazra'ih (pictured).
- 2008: An outbuilding on the property of elderly Baha’is living in Iran's Fars Province is destroyed by arsonists.
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- 1965: The National Spiritual Assembly of Kenya is incorporated.
- 2012: Bahá’í poet Robert Hayden (pictured), the first African-American to be appointed a United States Poet Laureate, is honoured on a postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
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- 1887: Orcella Rexford (pictured), an early Bahá'í travel teacher who was among the first to teach the Faith in Alaska, is born.
- 1913: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá travels from Paris to Marseilles.
- 2010: The seven Bahá’í leaders imprisoned in Iran appear in court on three successive mornings, before the trial concludes.
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- 1902: Thomas Breakwell (pictured) passes away from tuberculosis in Paris.
- 1913: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá boards the S. S. Himalaya in Marseilles and sails to Port Said, Egypt.
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- 1876: Birth of Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend.
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- 1903: Haji Mirza Halabi-Saz, a Bahá’í from Yazd, is brutally killed. The murder took place shortly after the appointment of a new prayer leader in the city, who resolved to incite hatred towards Bahá’ís; around 200 more killings occurred during the following month.
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- 1897: Birth of Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Hand of the Cause of God and prominent German Bahá’í
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- 1850: The Governor of Nayríz calls a truce with Vahíd and writes a promise of safety if Vahíd left the fort on the Qur'án. Vahíd leaves the fort of Khájih and meets with the Governor in his siege camp.
- 1893: Áqá Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Muhammadábádí is murdered on the orders of two Islamic clergymen in Yazd. He is the first martyr of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's ministry.
- 1986: Yankee Leong, Counsellor and the first Bahá’í of Malaya, dies.
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- 1983: Ten Bahá’í women, including 17-year-old Mona Mahmudnizhad, are hanged in Shiraz, Iran after being arrested for teaching religious children's classes to Bahá’í youth.
- 1991: Death of John Robarts, prominent Canadian Bahá’í and Hand of the Cause of God
- 2017: The design for the local House of Worship for Tanna, Vanuatu is unveiled.
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- 1912: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, on a visit to New York City, gives the city the title of "City of the Covenant".
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- 1953: In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, Shoghi Effendi designates the home of May and William Sutherland Maxwell in Montreal as a shrine.
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- 1968: Establishment of the Continental Board of Counsellors by the Universal House of Justice.
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- 1870: Mirzá Mihdí falls through a skylight in the barracks in ‘Akká where the family of Bahá'u'lláh is imprisoned. He succumbs to his injuries the next day.
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- 1845: Quddús, Mullá Ṣádiq-i-Khurásání, Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání and Mullá Abú-Ṭálib are arrested, tortured and expelled from Shíráz. The Times of London later reports this news, becoming the first printed reference to the Báb's Revelation.
- 1870: Mirzá Mihdí dies in 'Akká, succumbing to injuries he sustained after falling through a skylight.
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- 1926: Birth of Enoch Olinga, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for British Cameroon.
- 2013: The illegal demolition of the residence of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad begins.
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- 1942: Upon the death of ‘Abdu’l-Jalíl Bey Sa‘d, he is posthumously appointed as a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi.
- 1961: The first meeting of the International Bahá’í Council takes place at the Bahá’í World Centre, lasting for four days.
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- 2013: Bahá’ís in Baghdad discover that the “most holy habitation” of Bahá’u’lláh in that city had been illegally destroyed to make way for the construction of a mosque.
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- 1826: Shaykh Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá’í (pictured), leader of the Shaykhí sect of Shi'a Islam, passes away near Medina; he is succeeded by Siyyid Káẓim-i-Rashtí.
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- 1845: Prince Dolgorukov, formerly of the Russian legation to the Ottoman Empire, is appointed Russian ambassador to Ṭihrán. He arrives in January of the following year.
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- 1979: The Minister of Education in Iran's new revolutionary government issues a memorandum requiring that all Bahá’í teachers be expelled from Iranian schools.
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Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries of events in Bahá’í history.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Bahá - Jalál - Jamál - ‘Aẓamat - Núr - Raḥmat - Kalimát - Kamál - Asmá’ - ‘Izzat - Mashíyyat - ‘Ilm - Qudrat - Qawl - Masá’il - Sharaf - Sulṭán - Mulk - Ayyám-i-Há - ‘Alá’
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