May 29
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/