May 15
May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 230 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
- 1845: The Báb arrives in Búshihr on return from His pilgrimage.[1]
- 1901: The Chicago Bahá'ís elect a nine-man Board of Council for a term of five years.
- 1934: The first National Convention of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand is held in Sydney, with nine delegates in attendance. The first National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand is elected with its seat in Sydney.
- 1940: Shoghi Effendi determines to go to England; thereafter, he and Rúḥíyyih Khánum leave Haifa for Italy, arriving in Rome a few days later en route to London.[2]
- 2006: Egyptian identification card controversy: Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court suspended the implementation of an earlier lower court ruling that allowed Bahá’ís to have their religion recognized on official documents.[3]
Births[edit]
- 1874: Charles Mason Remey, Hand of the Cause who later broke the Covenant.
Deaths[edit]
- 1984: ‘Alí-Muhammad Zamání, Bahá’í martyr; executed by firing squad at Evin Prison in Tehran.[4]
- 1984: Jahángír Hidáyatí, Bahá’í martyr; tortured and executed at Gohardasht Prison, Tehran.[4]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Denis MacEoin, The Messiah of Shiraz, Brill: Boston, 2009, p 175
- ↑ Rúḥíyyih Khánum. The Priceless Pearl. ch.9, "War".
- ↑ UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2006-05-16). "EGYPT: Court suspends ruling recognising Bahai rights". IRINnews.org. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 203. View as PDF.