May 12

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

• 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

• 1869: Clara Dunn, a Hand of the Cause, is born in London.

Deaths

• 1979: 'Ali-Akbar Khursandi, martyred in Tehran, Iran.
• 1982: Írán Rahímpúr, martyred in Iran; executed by firing squad.
• 1999: Richard Walters, American Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Morocco.