September 1
September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 121 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]- 1921: Agnes Alexander speaks at a public meeting in Seoul, with an audience of about 900 people.
- 1980: Varqá Tibyáníyán is arrested a second time and imprisoned in Evin Prison, where he is severely tortured.[1]
- 1984: Dedication of the House of Worship in Apia, Western Samoa.
- 2017: Dedication of the first local Bahá’í House of Worship, located in Battambang, Cambodia.[2]
Births
[edit]- 1848: August Forel, famous scientist and Bahá'í. Received a well-known tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
- 1892: Naomi Simmons, African-American Bahá'í and delegate to National Convention of the United States.
- 1911: Elise Liknaitzaky, South African Bahá’í and member of the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa.
Deaths
[edit]- 1925: Arthur Brauns, early German Bahá'í and Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá who introduced his father-in-law August Forel to the Bahá’í Faith.[3][4] Drowned while on a rafting trip.[5]
- 1980: John Allen, American Bahá'í named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Swaziland; Auxiliary Board member for Africa, and member of the first National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa.
- 2013: Joel Marangella, American Bahá’í who followed Charles Mason Remey in breaking the Covenant after the passing of Shoghi Effendi.
- 2021: Farhang Javid, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of France.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Varqa Tebyanian at iranbahaipersecution.org
- ↑ http://news.bahai.org/story/1190
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/chronology/188-
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1929). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 32, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Obituary of Marta Brauns Forel, The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1952?). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 11 (1946-1950), Pg(s) 480. View as PDF.