Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for May 25.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
- 1940: Shoghi Effendi and Rúhíyyih Khánum leave for England via Menton and Marseilles after having obtained a visa for Britain in Rome. A few days later the Italians enter World War II against the Allies.
- 1942: ‘Abdu’l-Jalíl Bey Sa‘d dies and is named a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously.
- 1950: Khodadad Fozdar arrives in Singapore, the first pioneer to the country. His wife, Shirin Fozdar, joins him several months later.
- 1982: The Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives hears the testimony of six witnesses concerning the persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran.
- 2011: Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet were transferred from appalling conditions at Qarchak prison to Evin prison in Tehran.
