May 30
May 30 is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 215 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]- 1876: Sultán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz is deposed.[1]
- 1903: A letter from `Abdu'l-Bahá is received by the Chicago House of Spirituality giving His approval for the building of a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in North America.[2]
- 1943: A memorial to May Maxwell is dedicated in Quilmes Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1955: Bahá’ís are attacked and wounded and their houses attacked in Ábádih, Iran.[3]
- 1995: The first International Medical/Surgical Conference of Tirana is held under the auspices of Health for Humanity and the University of Tirana, attended by more than 400 Albanian physicians.[4]
- 1996: The Bahá'í International Community and 150 Bahá'ís from many countries participate in the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements ("Habitat II") and the parallel Non-Governmental Organization Forum in Istanbul.[5]
Births
[edit]- 1895: Charlotte Linfoot, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States.
Deaths
[edit]- 1917: Charles Ioas, father of Leroy Ioas.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Momen, Moojan (1981). Bábí and the Bahá’í Religions, The, 1844–1944, Some Contemporary Western Accounts. George Ronald, Oxford.
- ↑ Stockman, Robert (1995). Bahá’í Faith in America, The, Early Expansion, 1900–1912, Vol. 2. , George Ronald, Oxford.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 391. View as PDF.
- ↑ Bahá’í International News Service. No. 343, p.2–3.
- ↑ Bahá’í International News Service. No. 365, p.5.