May 29
From Bahaipedia
May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 216 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
- 1901: A Bahá’í Women's Auxiliary Board is established in Chicago.[1]
- 1992: The Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh is commemorated around the world.
- 2009: The German village of Langenhain commemorates its 700th anniversary, including a choral devotional performance inside the Bahá’í House of Worship.[2]
- 2016: A group of twelve Bangladeshi lawyers sign an open letter calling for an end to the persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran.
Births[edit]
- 1849: Arthur P. Dodge, early American Bahá’í and a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
- 1921: Alessandro Bausani, Italian Bahá'í, Islamic scholar, linguist and historian of comparative religions.
Deaths[edit]
- 1892: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh: Bahá’u’lláh dies, and his mortal remains are placed in the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh next to the Mansion of Bahjí where he spent his final years.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Stockman, Robert (1995). Bahá’í Faith in America, The, Early Expansion, 1900–1912, Vol. 2. , George Ronald, Oxford. pp.xv, 49-50.
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/721/
