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

• 1853: The Church And State Gazette of London prints an account of the growing influence of "a certain 'Babee'".
• 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.

Births

• 1941: Farshid Banání, Iranian Bahá’í, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Uganda & Central Africa.

Deaths

• 2000: David Tanyi, Cameroonian Bahá’í named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Togo and pioneer to Ghana.
• 2021: John Kolstoe, author and Chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of Alaska.