September 23
From Bahaipedia
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 99 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1846 - The Báb is arrested in Shíráz at the house of His uncle, and is released on the condition that He leave the area.
- 1893 - First public mention of the Bahá’í Faith in the West. In a session of the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, the Reverend George A. Ford, a Syrian missionary, reads a paper talking about Bahá’u’lláh.
- 1918 - ‘Akká is liberated by British and Indian cavalry; ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is again freed.