Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for May 12.
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- 1869: Clara Dunn, a Hand of the Cause, is born in London.
- 1902: Mírzá Asadu'lláh leaves the United States.
- 1912: `Abdu'l-Bahá takes a ferry to New Jersey. He takes a train for Montclair where He addresses the congregation of the Unity Church, before returning to New York to speak to the International Peace Forum.
- 1944: Bahá’ís are persecuted at Ábádih, Iran. The Bahá’í centre is attacked by a mob of four thousand, the building is looted and destroyed and several Bahá’ís badly beaten.
- 1960: Six national spiritual assemblies send messages of support to the Custodians, repudiating the claim made by Charles Mason Remey to be the second Guardian.
