Bahaipedia:Today in History/October 17

Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for October 17.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

1953: Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Bertha Dobbins arrives in Vanuatu.
1977: Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum lays the foundation stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent (pictured).
1980: Leonora Armstrong, the ‘spiritual mother of South America’ and the first Latin American pioneer, dies in Bahia, Brazil.

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