May 27
May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 218 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]- 1850: Vahíd arrives in Nayríz. He proclaims the Báb's mission in a Mosque, which results in the Governor taking action against him. Vahíd and a group of Bábís are besieged in the fort of Khájih.
- 1967: Rúḥíyyih Khánum meets with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India.[1]
- 1970: The Bahá’í International Community is granted consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
- 2008: /r/bahai, the first Bahá’í group on Reddit, is created.
Births
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Deaths
[edit]- 1939: Louise Waite, early American Bahá’í who received many Tablets from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
- 1967: Mildred Clark, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Lofoten Islands.
- 1988: Howard Brown, National Spiritual Assembly and Auxiliary Board member from Alaska.
- 2017: Firuz Kazemzadeh, long serving member and Chair of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 437, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.