May 21

May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 224 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1897: Lua Getsinger becomes a Bahá'í in Chicago.
• 1937: Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo, issues an order banning the practice and administration of the Bahá’í Faith in Germany and disbanding all Bahá’í institutions.
• 1971: Two conferences are held: The Caribbean Conference in Kingston, Jamaica, and the South Pacific Oceanic Conference in Suva, Fiji.
• 1991: National Spiritual Assemblies are established in the West Leeward Islands, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union. The Bahá'ís of East and West Germany are united at their 61st convention for the first time after World War II.

Births

• 1896: Flora Emily Hottes, Bahá’í pioneer to South America and Europe.

Deaths

• 1959: Jesma Herbert, Auxiliary Board member for the Americas and member of the National Teaching Committee of the United States.
• 1966: Albert Ross Vail, member of the Bahá'í Temple Unity.
• 1988: Thelma Perks, National Spiritual Assembly member, Auxiliary Board member, and Continental Counsellor from Australia.