May 16
May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 229 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
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Births[edit]
- 1973: Vahid Tizfahm, member of the Yárán.
Deaths[edit]
- 1849: Quddús, prominent disciple of the Báb, and the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living is tortured and executed by his captors in Bárfurúsh after the Battle of Fort Ṭabarsí.[1]
- 1916: Lua Getsinger, Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
- 1982: Nasru’lláh Amíní, Bahá’í martyr, executed at Evin Prison.[2]
- 1982: Sa‘du’lláh Bábázádih, Bahá’í martyr, executed by hanging at Evin Prison.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ The Dawnbreakers pg. 411
- ↑ Nasrollah Amini at iranbahaipersecution.bic.org
- ↑ Sadollah Babazadeh at iranbahaipersecution.bic.org