May 12
From Bahaipedia
May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 233 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
- 1902: Mírzá Asadu'lláh leaves the United States.
- 1912: `Abdu'l-Bahá takes a ferry to New Jersey. He takes a train for Montclair where He addresses the congregation of the Unity Church, before returning to New York to speak to the International Peace Forum.
- 1944: Bahá’ís are persecuted at Ábádih, Iran. The Bahá’í centre is attacked by a mob of four thousand, the building is looted and destroyed and several Bahá’ís badly beaten.
- 1960: Six national spiritual assemblies send messages of support to the Custodians, repudiating the claim made by Charles Mason Remey to be the second Guardian.
Births[edit]
- 1869: Clara Dunn, a Hand of the Cause, is born in London.
Deaths[edit]
- 1979: 'Ali-Akbar Khursandi, martyred in Tehran, Iran.[1]
- 1982: Írán Rahímpúr, martyred in Iran; executed by firing squad.[2]
- 1999: Richard Walters, American Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Morocco.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 229. View as PDF.
- ↑ Iran Rahimpour at iranbahaipersecution.bic.org
