Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for October 13.
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- 1953: Knights of Bahá'u'lláh: Frederick and Elizabeth Laws arrive in Basutoland (now called Lesotho); Esther Evans and Lillian Middlemast arrive in St. Lucia, in the Windward Islands; and Una Townshend arrives in Malta.
- 1971: Following the banning of Bahá’í activities in Egypt in 1960, Egyptian Bahá’ís submit a petition to the Supreme Constitutional Court asking for redress and for justice to be upheld.
- 1977: The Asian Bahá’í Women’s Conference (pictured) is held in New Delhi, attended by more than a thousand women from across Asia.
