June 3
June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 211 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]- 1853: The Church And State Gazette of London prints an account of the growing influence of "a certain 'Babee'".[1]
- 1912: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visits Milford, Pennsylvania, and stays there overnight.
- 1934: Robert Abbott, editor of the prominent African-American newspaper, the Chicago Defender, declares his faith in Bahá’u’lláh at that year's National Convention.
- 1957: The Covenant-breakers occupying the properties surrounding the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the Mansion of Bahjí lose their appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel; they are eventually evicted from the vicinity of the Shrine. Shoghi Effendi cables the Bahá’ís of the world announcing, "With feelings of profound joy, exultation and thankfulness, announce... signal, epoch-making victory won over the ignoble band of breakers of His Covenant..."
- 1980: Sattár Khushkhú is arrested and imprisoned in Adilabad Prison.[2]
Births
[edit]- 1941: Farshid Banání, Iranian Bahá’í, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Uganda & Central Africa.
Deaths
[edit]- 2000: David Tanyi, Cameroonian Bahá’í named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Togo and pioneer to Ghana.[3]
- 2021: John Kolstoe, author and Chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of Alaska.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Poetical Rebellions, Church And State Gazette, June 3, 1853, London, Middlesex, p. 9, at the end of the article, right col, below top
- ↑ Sattar Khoshkhou at iranbahaipersecution.org
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2002). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 29 (2000-2001), Pg(s) 274. View as PDF.