May 24

May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 221 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1892: Bahá'u'lláh calls to His bedside all the believers, including many pilgrims, for their last audience with Him.
• 1901: The name of the Chicago Board of Council is changed to the House of Justice. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá later requests that this name be changed.
• 1955: The Bahá’í centre at Karaj, Iran, is taken over.
• 1969: The first Bahá’í Youth Conference of Japan opens on Jogashima Island.
• 1979: Shaykh Muhammad Muvahhid, a well-known Bahá’í, is kidnapped in Tihrán.

Births

• 1892: Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Mildred Clark.

Deaths

• 1920: Charles Herman Greenleaf, one of the nineteen Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.