June 18
From Bahaipedia
June 18 is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 196 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
- 1880: Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visit the Druze village of Yirkih (Yerka).
- 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.[1]
- 2017: The design for the local House of Worship for Tanna, Vanuatu is unveiled.[2]
Births[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
- 1943: Mabel Rice-Wray Ives, early Bahá'í travel teacher and wife of Howard Colby Ives.
- 1983: Shahin Dalvand, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Izzat Janami Ishraqi, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Ru'ya Ishraqi, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Mona Mahmudnizhad, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred at just seventeen years of age.[3]
- 1983: Zarrin Muqimi-Abyanih, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Mahshid Nirumand, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Simin Sabiri, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Tahirih Arjumandi Siyavushi, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Akhtar Thabit, Bahá'í woman of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1983: Nusrat Ghufrani Yalda'i, member of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Shiraz who was martyred.[3]
- 1991: John Robarts, prominent Canadian Bahá’í and Hand of the Cause of God.
- 1992: Isobel Sabri, American Bahá’í who pioneered to Scotland, Uganda, and Tanzania, and served on the International Teaching Center.
References[edit]
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 180. View as PDF.
- ↑ http://news.bahai.org/story/1175
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 181. View as PDF.
