May 27
From Bahaipedia
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[edit]
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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.
