March 29
From Bahaipedia
March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 277 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1849: The Battle of Fort Ṭabarsí is mentioned in the Journal de Constantinople; it is among the first direct mentions of the Báb in the contemporary press.
- 1888: Edward Granville Browne gives a talk on 'Bábism' at the Essay Society in Newcastle, England.
- 1942: Louise and Joseph Sawyer host an interracial reception for Ruth Moffett and Esther Sego, the first racially integrated meeting among the Bahá'ís of North Carolina.[1] While the newspaper didn't say so, it was in fact an interracial meeting - the first Moffett knew of among Bahá'ís of North Carolina.[2]
Deaths[edit]
- 2006: Ruth Katharine Meyer, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh, named for pioneering to Margarita Island.
- ↑ "J J Saywers entertain at small Sunday affair". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, NC. Apr 2, 1942. p. 9. Retrieved Sep 9, 2018.
- ↑ Ruth J Moffett (May 1942). "Lecture and Teaching program of Ruth J Moffett in North Carolina - Feb and March(sic - actually goes to April) 1942". Email courtesy of Edward Sevcik, Archivist, U.S. National Bahá’í Archives, 1233 Central Street, Evanston, Ill. 60201, Email: archives@usbnc.org, to Steven Kolins Sep 21, 2018
