- 1844-05-24 — F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington D.C. to Balt...
- 1847-02-22 — Birth of Thornton Chase, designated the first American Baha'i, in Springfield, Massachusetts. ...
- 1848-07-19 — The Women's Rights Convention was held in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, NY. The principle org...
- 1852-02-21 — Birth of Isabella Brittingham, prominent American Baha'i teacher, in New York City....
- 1852-03-20 — The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was the...
- 1855-10-15 — Birth of Robert Turner, first black American Baha'i....
- 1863-04-18 — Birth of William Henry (Harry) Randall, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, in Boston....
- 1870-01-14 — Birth of May (or Mary) Ellis Bolles, prominent American Baha'i teacher, in Englewood, New Jersey. [B...
- 1871-11-01 — Birth of `Lua' Getsinger (Lucinda Louisa Aurora Moore), Banner of the Cause (Liva), Disciple of `Abd...
- 1872-06-10 — Birth of Martha Root, Hand of the Cause and itinerant Baha'i teacher, in Richmond, Ohio....
- 1872-12-00 — The Arabic and Persian text of Baha'u'llah's 'Tablet of Medicine' (Lawh-i-Tibb) is to be dated to th...
- 1873-06-07 — Birth of Amelia Engelder Collins, Hand of the Cause, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
- 1874-06-06 — Birth of Louis George Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God at Charleston, South Carolina....
- 1875-00-05 — Theosophy was established as a religious philosophical movement in New York City by Helena Petrovna...
- 1876-02-14 — Birth of Keith Ransom-Kehler, Hand of the Cause and the first American Baha'i martyr, in Kentucky....
- 1879-11-30 — Birth of Laura Clifford Barney (Laura Dreyfus-Barney) in Cincinnati, Ohio. She compiled Some Answere...
- 1883-06-21 — The name Thornton Chase appeared in newspaper coverage of a poem printed in The Grand Army Magazine,...
- 1892-06-19 — Anton Haddad departed Cairo en route to the United States. [An Outline of the Baha'i Movement in the...
- 1892-12-20 — Ibrahim Kheiralla arrived in New York. [AB65; BBD129; BFA1:26; SSBH1:88; AY111]
See BFA1p13-84 fo...
- 1893-09-23 — First public reference in North America to the Baha'i Faith. [SBBH1p76]
Reference was made to it ...
- 1894-00-01 — Green Acre was founded by Sarah J. Farmer in the aftermath of the World Parliament of Religions. [BB...
- 1894-02-00 — Ibrahim George Kheiralla settled in Chicago. [BFA1:XXVII, AB65]
Owing to his work, the first Ba...
- 1894-06-05 — Thornton Chase became a Baha'i in Chicago. [BBD53; BFA1:35–6]
For some time before he heard of ...
- 1895-00-00 — Mrs Kate C. Ives of Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts became a Baha'i, making her the first Western w...
- 1895-06-23 — Birth of Leonora Stirling Holsapple (later Armstrong) in Hudson, New York. She was the first pioneer...
- 1897-00-00 — Tablets, Communes and Holy Utterances, a collection of writings by Baha'u'llah, was published in Chi...
- 1897-05-21 — Lua Getsinger became a Baha'i in Chicago. She had been called Khayru'lláh's best pupil. [BFA1:XXVI...
- 1898-06-00 — In New York City, 141 people became Baha'is in the five months since Kheiralla's arrival. [BFA1:XXVI...
- 1898-07-30 — Phoebe Hearst became a Baha'i in California through the efforts of Lua and Edward Getsinger. [BFA1:X...
- 1898-09-22 — The first Western pilgrims departed for `Akka, travelling via New York and Paris. [BFA1:XXVIII, 140...
- 1899-00-01 — Miss Olive Jackson of Manhattan became the first black American woman Baha'i. [BFA1:126–7]...
- 1899-00-02 — The Serpent by Thornton Chase, an 18-page pamphlet on the image of the serpent in the Bible, was pub...
- 1899-02-00 — The first Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in America. [BFA1:143]
See BFA1:143 for the recipients....
- 1899-03-23 — Edward and Lua Getsinger departed Akka and arrived in New York City on the 20th of May. [LGHC30]
...
- 1899-05-00 — A council board of seven officers, a forerunner of the Local Spiritual Assembly, was established in ...
- 1899-05-01 — Kheiralla returned to the United States from `Akka. [BFA1:xxix, 158] (After his departure from Pales...
- 1899-10-00 — Stoyan Vatralsky, a Harvard educated, Bulgarian Christian, attacked the Baha'is, `Truth-knowers', in...
- 1899-10-00 — Edward Getsinger appointed five men as a "Board of Counsel" for the Baha'is of northern New Jersey. ...
- 1900-00-00 — The publication of Tablets Revealed by the Blessed Perfection and Abdul-Beha Abbas. 13p. It consiste...
- 1900-00-00 — A Tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha to the American believers was presented through 'Abdu'l-Karim Effendi, wh...
- 1900-00-00 — The publication of Prayers, Tablets, Instructions and Miscellany, together with pilgrim's notes of t...
- 1900-00-00 — The Kitab-i-Aqdas was translated by Anton Haddad. It was not published but circulated in typescrip...
- 1900-01-00 — The Behais Publishing and Supply Board was created in Chicago. It was the property of four Chicao B...
- 1900-03-08 — At a meeting in Kenosha, Kheiralla publicly announced his doubts about `Abdu'l-Baha's leadership of ...
- 1900-03-16 — The Chicago community re-organized by selecting a ten-member Board of Council. Neither Kheiralla nor...
- 1900-04-00 — Sarah Farmer put Green Acre at the disposal of the Baha'is after her pilgrimage to `Akka in 1900. [B...
- 1900-04-26 — On the instructions of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Egyptian businessman Haji `Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani arrived in Ne...
- 1900-11-04 — The Persian teachers Mirza Asadu'llah-i-Isfahani (1826-1930) and Haji Hasan-i-Khurasani, a merchant...
- 1900-12-07 — In New York, nine men were selected to govern the affairs of the Faith. Those serving were Arthur D...
- 1901-00-00 — Arthur Pillsbury Dodge published his book The Truth of It, the first introductory book on the Baha'i...
- 1901-00-00 — William Hoar, one of the first Baha'is in America, was asked by `Abdu'l-Baha to meet with the Persia...
- 1901-05-15 — Mirza Assad'u'llah, received a Tablet from Abdul-Baha, in which He has positively declared to be ne...
- 1901-05-20 — The number of members on the Board of Council was raised to 12. [BFA2:47]...
- 1901-05-24 — The name of the Chicago Board of Council was changed to the House of Justice. [BFA2:48]
`Abdu'l-B...
- 1901-05-29 — The Baha'i women of Chicago elected their own Board and held the first business meeting of the `Wome...
- 1901-08-00 — Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpaygani arrived in North America. [BFA2:XV]
Laura Barney financed the vis...
- 1901-09-12 — The publication of tablets revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha "To the House of Justice at Chicago, To the Ladi...
- 1901-11-26 — The Day of the Covenant
The Day of the Covenant is a Baha'i holy day honouring the Covenant of ...
- 1902-00-00 — The publication of the fourth edition of The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons ...
- 1902-00-04 — Joseph Hannen, future Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, and Pauline Hannen became Baha'is in Washington DC....
- 1902-00-10 — An extract from a Tablet to Mr. Howard MacNutt from 'Abdu'l-Baha refers to New York as the "City of ...
- 1902-05-10 — The Chicago House of Justice (or the Board of Council) changed its name to the House of Spiritualit...
- 1902-05-12 — Mirza Asadu'llah-i-Isfahani left the United States. [BFA2:VI]
His contribution was to make the Am...
- 1902-10-10 — The Behais Supply and Publishing Board incorporates as the `Bahai Publishing Society', a non-profit ...
- 1903-03-07 — Inspired by the news of the `Ishqabad Temple project, the Chicago House of Spirituality asked `Abdu'...
- 1903-05-30 — A letter from `Abdu'l-Baha was received by the Chicago House of Spirituality giving His approval for...
- 1903-06-07 — Eight days after `Abdu'l-Baha's first Tablet arrived, a second Tablet arrived from Him approving the...
- 1904-00-00 — The publication of The Book of Ighan (Kitab-i-Íqan) by George V. Blackburne Co in New York. It h...
- 1904-00-00 — A compilation of Baha'i writings in English was published by the Board of Counsel of New York. [BW10...
- 1904-10-28 — Ali Kuli Khan married Florence Breed, the first marriage between a Persian and a Western Baha'i. [BF...
- 1904-11-29 — Mirza Abu'l-Fadl departed from the United States after a four year stay. He spent most of that time...
- 1905-00-00 — Agnes Alexander arrived in Alaska, the first Baha'i travelling teacher to visit the territory. [BBR...
- 1905-00-00 — The first publication of The Seven Valleys in the West. It was translated from Persian into French ...
- 1905-00-00 — The publication of The New Revelation: Its Marvelous Message by Nathan Ward Fitz-Gerald.288p
Col...
- 1905-05-23 — A Nineteen Day Feast was celebrated in New York City, the first known to have been held in North Ame...
- 1905-09-05 — The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September...
- 1906-00-00 — The first translation of The Seven Valleys into English was done Ali Kuli Khan and reprinted frequen...
- 1906-00-01 — The first Baha'i of Hungarian origin, Countess Aurelia Bethien, declares her faith in the USA. [...
- 1907-00-00 — It was estimated that there were from 1,000 to 1,100 believers in North America by this date, with a...
- 1907-00-00 — The publication of Tablets Containing Instructions 19p. It was translated by Ahmad Sohrab and Ali-Ku...
- 1907-02-25 — Corinne True travelled to `Akka to present `Abdu'l-Baha with a scroll with the signatures of 800 (or...
- 1907-03-00 — A census of religions in the United States counted 1280 Baha'is. [BFA2:XVI]...
- 1907-03-31 — The Baha'i calendar was used in North America for the first time. BFA2:247–8]...
- 1907-07-19 — The Chicago `Bahai Assembly' filed an affidavit of incorporation, the first Baha'i community to acqu...
- 1907-11-26 — The first national Baha'i conference was held in America. [BFA2:XVI; BW10:179]
At the invitation ...
- 1908-03-00 — The book ...
- 1908-04-09 — Two building plots for the future House of Worship were purchased in Wilmette for the sum of $2000. ...
- 1908-04-25 — Charles Mason Remey and Sydney Sprague sailed from New York for Iran and Russia. [BFA2:289]
For d...
- 1908-08-30 — A "Feast of Rejoicing" was held at the home of Howard MacNutt at 935 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn to ...
- 1908-09-00 —
(New York) Baha'i Bulletin Published September, 1908 to May 1909 (5 issues)
Link (Will
- 1908-09-30 — The passing of Amalie Knobloch (b.Böblitz Germany 11 May 1858 d. 30 September 1908 in Washington, D...
- 1908–09- — The Baha'i Publishing Society was founded in Chicago. [BW10:179]...
- 1909-00-00 — The passing of Robert Turner (b. 15 October, 1855 or 1856, Virginia d. 1909 California)
the fi...
- 1909-00-00 — The Baha'i community of Saint Paul, Minnesota began in 1909 when Dr. Clement Woolson, who became a B...
- 1909-01-00 — Isabella Brittingham organized 12 Baha'i women into a `Unity Band' to write monthly to the 12 Baha'i...
- 1909-03-21 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the sacred remains of the Bab in their final resting place at the Shrine in Haifa....
- 1909-03-21 — The first printing of Volume 1 of Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha by the Baha'i Publishing Society in Chicag...
- 1909-03-22 — On the same day as the interment of the sacred remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel the first American...
- 1909-07-23 — Louis George Gregory accepted the Baha'i Faith after investigating since 1907 when he attended a lec...
- 1909-08-20 — Birth of Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, in Chicago.
His given name was `Abdu'l-Baha, besto...
- 1909-10-00 — The Persian-American Educational Society was founded and inaugurated in Washington DC on the Januar...
- 1910-00-00 — The publication of The Oriental Rose, or, The teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha which trace the chart of "Th...
- 1910-00-00 — The publication of Fifty-Three Years in Syria by Reverend H. H. Jessup. (Apologies: t...
- 1910-03-21 — The first issue of the Baha'i News was published in Chicago. [BFA2:XVII; BW10:179; BWNS1289]
See ...
- 1910-08-08 — Birth of Mary Sutherland Maxwell, Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum, Hand of the Cause of God, in the bo...
- 1911-03-10 — 'Abdu'l-Baha sent Lua Getsinger and Dr Ameen Farid to California where they spoke to some 5,000 peop
- 1911-05-11 — W. Morgan Shuster was an American chosen by the Persian Chargé d'Affaires at Washington, Mirza Ali...
- 1911-06-03 — Ghodsea Khanoum Ashraf (Qudsiyyih Ashraf) (b. 22 November 1889 in Majidābād, d. 16 April 1976 in T...
- 1911-08-23 — `Abdu'l-Baha took up residence at Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Leman (Lake Geneva). [AB140; GPB280; SBR2...
- 1911-09-21 — Reverend Peter Z Easton called on Àbdu'l-Baha. Apparently he wanted a sparring match but Àbdu'l-Ba...
- 1912-00-00 — The publication of Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement, Social, Economic, Governmental by The...
- 1912-00-00 — The publication of The Brilliant Proof by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani in Chicago by the Bahai News S...
- 1912-03-25 — `Abdu'l-Baha's second Western tour
'Abdul'-Baha and His party embarked from Alexandria on the Whi...
- 1912-04-11 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in New York. [AB172; GPB281; APD3-5; SoW Vol 3 No 3 p3; Mahmúd's Diary p38-39...
- 1912-04-11 — Hippolyte and Laura Dreyfus Barney sailed on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria from Cherbourg for New...
- 1912-04-12 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard MacNutt, 935 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York,
[PUP4]
T...
- 1912-04-13 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Morten, 141 East Twenty-first Street, New York
[PUP9; ...
- 1912-04-14 — `Abdu'l-Baha spoke from the pulpit of the Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street, Ne...
- 1912-04-15 — Talk at the home of Mountfort Mills,
327 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP16; ...
- 1912-04-16 — Talk at Hotel Ansonia to Baha'i Friends of New Jersey,
Broadway and Seventy-third Street, New York...
- 1912-04-17 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, New York, [PUP23; ...
- 1912-04-18 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall L. Emery,
273 West Ninetieth Street, New York. [PUP25; ...
- 1912-04-19 — Talk at Earl Hall,
Columbia University, New York. [PUP29; ...
- 1912-04-20 — During `Abdu'l-Baha's eleven days in New York He gave 15 formal talks and countless informal one in ...
- 1912-04-21 — Talk at Studio Hall,
1219 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. [PUP37, APD14; ...
- 1912-04-22 — Talk at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons, 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. [PU...
- 1912-04-23 — Harriet Gibbs Marshall (1868-1941) became a Baha'i while 'Abdu'l Baha was visiting the US. It is pos...
- 1912-04-23 — Talk at Howard University, Washington, D.C. Howard University had been founded in 1867 to educate th...
- 1912-04-23 — At some point during his stay in Washington, 'Abdu'l-Baha was invited to tea by nine year-old Rene H...
- 1912-04-24 — Talk at Children's Reception, Studio Hall, 1219 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. [PUP54; Sow Vol...
- 1912-04-25 — Talk to Theosophical Society, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Was...
- 1912-04-26 — 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke at President Taft's All Saints Unitarian Church to the Women's Alliance on the su
- 1912-04-27 — During lunch at the Parsons' home 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke about the proper method of taxation. [APD53-57]...
- 1912-04-28 — `Abdu'l-Baha gave private interviews in the morning then called on the Turkish Ambassador, Diya Pash...
- 1912-04-30 — Talk at Hull House, Chicago, Illinois where He spoke about racial unity. Hull House was a immigrant...
- 1912-05-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; A...
- 1912-05-03 — Talk at Hotel Plaza in Chicago. [PUP83]
In this talk He said, ""Observe what is taking place ...
- 1912-05-04 — Talk to Theosophical Society,
Northwestern University Hall, Evanston, Illinois. [PUP87; Luminous ...
- 1912-05-05 — Talk at Children's Meeting,
Hotel Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois. [PSBW134–5, PUP91]
Talk at...
- 1912-05-06 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Chicago, arriving in Cleveland the same day. [239D:57; AB189]
'Abdu'l-Baha ga...
- 1912-05-07 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Cleveland for Pittsburgh, arriving the same day. [239D:63; AB189]
Martha Ro...
- 1912-05-08 — `Abdu'l-Baha took a morning train from Pittsburgh, arriving in Washington DC that night for His seco...
- 1912-05-09 — `Abdu'l-Baha spoke to a capacity gathering at the Parsons' home. He noted that religious ministers ...
- 1912-05-10 — At the instigation of Agnes Parsons, `Abdu'l-Baha's sat for sketches by prominent English sculptor T...
- 1912-05-11 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Washington for New York City, arriving the same day. [239D:64–5, AB190, APD66-67...
- 1912-05-12 — `Abdu'l-Baha took a ferry to New Jersey then a train to Montclair where He addressed the congregatio...
- 1912-05-13 — `Abdu'l-Baha, very unwell, attended a reception and gave a talk to the New York Peace Society at the...
- 1912-05-14 — `Abdu'l-Baha attended the eighteenth annual Conference on International Peace and Arbitration at Lak...
- 1912-05-19 — In the morning He spoke at the Church of the Divine Paternity, Central Park West, New York.
- 1912-05-20 — Talk at Woman's Suffrage Meeting,
Metropolitan Temple,
Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street, New...
- 1912-05-22 — `Abdu'l-Baha traveled to Boston, arriving the same day. [239D:71; AB198]
He stayed at the Hotel C...
- 1912-05-23 — The Baha'is of Cambridge, Massachusetts, celebrated `Abdu'l-Baha's birthday at the Breed home with a...
- 1912-05-24 — Talk at Free Religious Association, or Unitarian Conference,
Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP140] ...
- 1912-05-25 — Talk at Huntington Chambers, 30 Huntington Ave,
Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP143] ...
- 1912-05-26 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Boston and returned to New York, arriving in the evening. [239D:73; AB201]
Ta...
- 1912-05-28 — `Abdu'l-Baha and His party were evicted from their hotel because of the `coming and going of diverse...
- 1912-05-29 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney,
780 West End Avenue, New York.
[PUP154]
...
- 1912-05-30 — Talk at Theosophical Lodge,
Broadway and Seventy-ninth Street, New York.
[PUP156] ...
- 1912-06-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha returned to New York. [AB206]
He had His first sitting for the portrait painted by J...
- 1912-06-02 — Talk at Church of the Ascension,
Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street, New York at the invitation of Perc...
- 1912-06-03 — `Abdu'l-Baha traveled to Milford, Pennsylvania. [AB208]...
- 1912-06-04 — `Abdu'l-Baha returned to New York. [AB208]...
- 1912-06-08 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York,
[PUP171]
`Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Philade...
- 1912-06-09 — Talk at Unitarian Church,
Fifteenth Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [PUP172...
- 1912-06-10 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Philadelphia and returned to New York, arriving the same day. [239D:88; AB211]...
- 1912-06-11 — Talk at Open Committee Meeting,
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney,
780 West End Avenue, New ...
- 1912-06-12 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP187]
...
- 1912-06-15 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP189] ...
- 1912-06-16 — Talk at Fourth Unitarian Church,
Beverly Road, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. [PUP190]
Talk ...
- 1912-06-17 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP204] ...
- 1912-06-18 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP205]
'Abdu'l-Baha made a recor...
- 1912-06-19 — `Abdu'l-Baha clarified His station as the Centre of the Covenant. It is widely believed that He nam...
- 1912-06-20 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP206]
'Abdu'l-Baha agreed to a photogra...
- 1912-06-21 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Montclair, New Jersey for a 9 day stay. [239D:97; AB221]...
- 1912-06-23 — Talk at Montclair, New Jersey. [PUP210]
Lua Getsinger, Juliet Thompson and Georgie Ralston, ...
- 1912-06-29 — `Abdu'l-Baha hosted a Unity Feast in the Evergreen Cabin at the Wilhelm properties in West Englewood...
- 1912-06-30 — `Abdu'l-Baha returned to New York after visiting Mr Topakyan, the Persian Consul General, in Morrist...
- 1912-07-01 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP216]
'Abdu'l-Baha spoke on the su...
- 1912-07-05 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York, the home of Howard MacNutt. [PUP218]
...
- 1912-07-06 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP225] ...
- 1912-07-11 — In obedience to 'Abdu'l-Baha Lua Getsinger departed New York for California to prepare for His comin...
- 1912-07-14 — Talk at All Souls Unitarian Church,
Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street, New York. [PUP228] ...
- 1912-07-15 — Talk at Home of Dr. and Mrs. Florian Krug, 830 Park Avenue, New York. [PUP236]
Mahmud has da...
- 1912-07-23 — `Abdu'l-Baha left New York, arriving in Boston the same day for His second visit. [239D:117; AB233] ...
- 1912-07-24 — Talk to Theosophical Society,
The Kensington,
Exeter and Boylston Streets, Boston, Massachusetts...
- 1912-07-25 — Talk at Hotel Victoria,
Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP244]
`Abdu'l-Baha left Boston and arriv...
- 1912-07-26 — `Abdu'l-Baha's and His companions took up residence at one of the two Parsons home in Dublin, NH, a ...
- 1912-07-28 — `Abdu'l-Baha's spoke at the Parsons home. [APD79-80]
See 239 Days....
- 1912-08-04 — 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke to a group of 28 black people on the importance of unity and friendship between t
- 1912-08-05 — Talk at Dublin Inn,
Dublin, New Hampshire. [PUP245] ...
- 1912-08-06 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons,
Dublin, New Hampshire. [PUP247] ...
- 1912-08-16 — `Abdu'l-Baha journeyed to Green Acre by car, arriving the same day. [239D:123; AB240]
Talk at G...
- 1912-08-17 — Talk at Green Acre,
Eliot, Maine. [PUP261]
Talk at Green Acre,
Eliot, Maine. [...
- 1912-08-23 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Malden, Massachusetts, for a week-long stay, making trips to Boston and Camb...
- 1912-08-25 — Talk at the New Thought Forum,
Metaphysical Club,
Boston, Massachusetts about women's rights. [...
- 1912-08-26 — Talk at Franklin Square House,
Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP280]
- 1912-08-27 — Talk at Metaphysical Club,
Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP284] ...
- 1912-08-29 — Talk at Home of Madame Beale Morey,
34 Hillside Avenue, Malden, Massachusetts. He spoke on "Relig...
- 1912-09-12 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Buffalo for Chicago, passing by Niagara Falls and arriving at about 8PM at the La...
- 1912-09-15 — In the morning`Abdu'l-Baha spoke to Dr. William Frederick Nutt, a friend of Kheiralla. (Nutt later b...
- 1912-09-16 — In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha departed for Chicago
He gave a talk at Home of Mrs. Corinne True, 53...
- 1912-09-20 — Talk at Home of Mr. Albert L. Hall,
2030 Queen Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. [PUP325]
...
- 1912-09-22 — The marriage of Louis G. Gregory and Louisa ("Louise") A. M. Mathew, the first interracial Baha'i co...
- 1912-09-23 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Denver in the afternoon. [239D:152; SoG221-222; MD282-283]...
- 1912-09-24 — Talk at Home of Mrs. Roberts
Denver, Colorado. [PUP334]
- 1912-09-25 — Talk at Second Divine Science Church,
3929 West Thirty-eighth Avenue, Denver, Colorado . [PUP337] ...
- 1912-09-26 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Denver and arrived in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [239D:158]...
- 1912-09-27 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Glenwood Springs for Salt Lake City. [239D:159]...
- 1912-09-28 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Salt Lake City. [239D:159]...
- 1912-09-30 — Thornton Chase, the first American Baha'i, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in California befor...
- 1912-10-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in San Francisco about midnight. [239D:165; AB286]...
- 1912-10-03 — After the visitation of many friends in the morning, in the afternoon, at the invitation of Mrs Good...
- 1912-10-07 — Talk to Japanese Young Men's Christian Association,
Japanese Independent Church, 576 Sycamore Stre...
- 1912-10-08 — `Abdu'l-Baha spoke at Leland Stanford Junior University in Palo Alto. [239D:166 AB288, PUP348; ...
- 1912-10-10 — Talk at Open Forum,
San Francisco, California [PUP355] ...
- 1912-10-12 — Talk at the synagogue Temple Emmanu-El,
450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California. [PUP361, ABF...
- 1912-10-13 — `Abdu'l-Baha visited Phoebe Hearst at her estate, at her invitation. [239D:168; AB307]
She was es...
- 1912-10-16 — `Abdu'l-Baha returned to San Francisco. [AB308; 239 Days]...
- 1912-10-17 — 'Abdu'l-Baha discovered His signet ring was missing and for the rest of His trip He signed, rather t
- 1912-10-18 — `Abdu'l-Baha left San Francisco for Los Angeles, arriving the same day. [239D:169; AB309]
Havin...
- 1912-10-19 — `Abdu'l-Baha visited the grave of Thornton Chase in Inglewood. [239D:169; AB309; MD337-339]
The p...
- 1912-10-21 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Los Angeles for San Francisco. [AB310]...
- 1912-10-25 — `Abdu'l-Baha left San Francisco for Sacramento and arrived at noon the same day. [239D:171]
Tal...
- 1912-10-26 — Talk at Assembly Hall, Hotel Sacramento,
Sacramento, California. [PUP376]
In His talk 'Abdu'l...
- 1912-10-28 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Denver at midnight. [239D:175; AB316]
...
- 1912-10-29 — During a 24-hour stopover in Denver, Àbdu'l-Baha met Cardinal John Murphy Farley who had come from ...
- 1912-10-30 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Denver for Chicago. [239D:175]...
- 1912-10-31 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Chicago and gave a talk at the Plaza Hotel. The subject of this talk was The...
- 1912-11-01 — Talk at Home of Mrs. Corinne True, 5338 Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The subject of this talk ...
- 1912-11-04 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Chicago and arrived in Cincinnati the same day. [239D:179]...
- 1912-11-05 — Talk at Grand Hotel,
Cincinnati, Ohio. [PUP388]
`Abdu'l-Baha left Cincinnati for Wa...
- 1912-11-06 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Washington DC. [239D:179]
Talk at Universalist Church,
Thirteenth and L ...
- 1912-11-07 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons, 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D. C. [PUP39...
- 1912-11-08 — Talk at Eighth Street Temple, Synagogue, Washington, D. C. [PUP411]
See PG100 where 'Abdu'l-Baha...
- 1912-11-09 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons,
1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D. C .[PUP...
- 1912-11-10 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons,
1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D. C .[PUP...
- 1912-11-11 — `Abdu'l-Baha traveled to Baltimore by train and arrived at Camden Station at 11AM. He was accompanie...
- 1912-11-12 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in New York at 1:00 a.m. He and His party stayed at the "Champney House" locate...
- 1912-11-15 — Talk at Home of Miss Juliet Thompson,
48 West Tenth Street, New York. [PUP431; PtF147] ...
- 1912-11-16 — Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP437] ...
- 1912-11-17 — Talk at Genealogical Hall,
252 West Fifty-eighth Street, New York. [PUP437] ...
- 1912-11-18 — `Abdu'l-Baha visited the library of J. Pierpont Morgan and inscribed his album with a blessing for h...
- 1912-11-18 — `Abdu'l-Baha had instructed MacNutt to meet with a group of potential Covenant-breakers in Chicago a...
- 1912-11-23 — A farewell banquet was held for `Abdu'l-Baha at the Great Northern Hotel, 118 West Fifty-seventh Str...
- 1912-11-24 — `Abdu'l-Baha and the white Baha'is served the Black Baha'is at a dinner at the Kinney's. [239D:187]...
- 1912-11-29 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney,
780 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP449] ...
- 1912-12-02 — Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP452]
Talk a...
- 1912-12-03 — Talk at Home of Dr. and Mrs. Florian Krug,
830 Park Avenue, New York. [PUP457; MD420-422]
...
- 1912-12-04 — `Abdu'l-Baha addressed His last meeting in North America with a talk to Theosophical Society,
2228...
- 1912-12-05 — `Abdu'l-Baha sailed on the S. S. Celtic of the White Star Line from New York to Liverpool. [239D:193...
- 1914-06-22 — The defection of Dr Amin Farid, (b. 1882, d. 1953)`Abdu'l-Baha's translator while in America, becam...
- 1915-00-02 — A plan to fund part-time travelling Baha'i teachers in the USA and Canada was approved. There had be...
- 1915-04-19 — The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco and the 24th of April was decl...
- 1915-06-16 — Miss Margaret Green of Washington DC arrived in Alaska, the first known resident Baha'i. She settled...
- 1915-10-11 — Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Freeport, New York. [SBR15]
He ...
- 1916-00-01 — The United States census showed 2,884 Baha'is. [BBRSM:105; SBBH1:117]...
- 1916-04-00 — The first Chinese Baha'i in China, Chen Hai An (Harold A. Chen), became a Baha'i while studying at t...
- 1916-09-08 — The first five Tablets of the Tablets of the Divine Plan were published in Star of the West. [BBD219...
- 1917-04-06 — The United States entered World War I.
See CF36 for Shoghi Effendi's opinion of its participati...
- 1917-04-07 — A Baha'i Reading Room was established in Chicago by Luella Kirchner in 1917 or perhaps earlier and b...
- 1918-01-08 — President Woodrow Wilson in a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress outli...
- 1918-05-00 — The publication of the second edition of
Compilation of the Holy Utterances of Bahaʼollah and A...
- 1919-00-00 — Amelia Collins, Hand of the Cause, became a Baha'i in Pasadena, California. [PSBW74] ...
- 1919-00-00 — After joining the Baha'i Faith, Dorothy Champ (b. Loudoun County, Virginia, 23 February, 1893, d. Ea...
- 1919-00-00 — The publication of The New Day; The Bahai Revelation by Charles Mason Remey. The book was a brief st...
- 1919-03-00 — "Red Summer" is the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which white supremac
- 1919-04-00 — Initiated by Eugene and Wandeyne Deuth, Reality magazine provided a forum for accounts of Baha'i act...
- 1919-04-13 — The passing of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (b. 3 December, 1842) in her home in Pleasanton, California du...
- 1919-04-26 — The 14 Tablets of the Divine Plan were unveiled in a dramatic ceremony at the Hotel McAlpin in New...
- 1919-11-18 — The periodical entitled "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed ...
- 1920-01-27 — The passing of Joseph H. Hannen, (b. January 27, 1920, Allegheny, Pennsylvania) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-...
- 1920-04-00 — Mirza Asadu'llah Fadil-i-Mazandarani arrived in North America with Manúchihr Khan in time to speak ...
- 1920-04-02 — Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1...
- 1920-04-27 — The design for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois, was finally chosen by the forty-nine del...
- 1920-05-24 — Charles Greenleaf, (b. 6 May, 1857 in Wisconsin), Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away at the home ...
- 1920-09-24 — Boring began at the site of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette to determine the depth of the bedrock....
- 1921-00-00 — The publication of Bahai: The Spirit of the Age by Horace Holley. It was published in New York by B...
- 1921-03-21 — Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. DP108]
See DP107 for a picture of Baha...
- 1921-05-19 — The first Race Amity Conference was held in Washington DC at the old First Congregational Church,
1...
- 1921-07-09 — Mirza Asadu'llah Fadil-i-Mazandarani left the United States for the Holy Land. [AB443footnote]...
- 1921-09-25 — Louis Gregory set out on his teaching trip that was described as "one of the most brilliant Baha'i T...
- 1921-12-05 — The second Convention for Amity between the White and Coloured Races was held in Springfield, Massac...
- 1922-00-00 — The publication of The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l‑Baha during His...
- 1922-01-09 — William H. Hoar, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Fanwood, New Jersey. [SW12, 19:310]
F...
- 1922-01-16 — The Greatest Holy Leaf cabled the United States with the news that Shoghi Effendi had been appointed...
- 1922-02-19 — Helen Goodall, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in San Francisco. [SEBW33]
See SEBW21-33 fo...
- 1922-02-25 — The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha was written entirely in 'Abdu'l-Baha's own hand and it was Sh...
- 1922-04-00 — Shoghi Effendi sent verbal messages through Consul Schwarz to Germany and Ethel Rosenberg to Britain...
- 1922-04-03 — To the United States and Canada Shoghi Effendi sent a message to transform the 'Executive Board' int...
- 1922-04-25 — A National Spiritual Assembly was elected in the United States to replace the Executive Board of the...
- 1922-07-09 — Baha'is gathered in the Foundation Hall of the Chicago House of Worship for the first time, to comme...
- 1923-02-00 — Shoghi Effendi sent his early translation of The Hidden Words to America. [PP205]...
- 1923-02-12 — Bahai Scriptures, edited by Horace Holley, was published. [SBR231; Collins4.71-4.72]
It was the...
- 1924-00-00 — The publication of The Book of Assurance (The Book of Ighan) translated by Ali Kuli Khan with assist...
- 1924-01-28 — Isabella Brittingham, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away at the Revell home in Philadelphia. [SEB...
- 1924-07-18 — American Vice-Consul Major Robert Imbrie was murdered in Tihran for being a Baha'i, which he was not...
- 1924-10-22 — The fourth Race Amity Convention was held in Philadelphia. Because there were few Baha'is in the cit...
- 1924-12-24 — The first Baha'i News Letter, forerunner of Baha'i News, was published in New York by the National A...
- 1925-00-00 — At the suggestion of Horace Holley a Baha'i yearbook was published under the name Baha'i Year Book a...
- 1925-01-02 — The American Baha'is published Shoghi Effendi's revised Hidden Words. [EJR255]
Another translati...
- 1925-03-20 — The Palace Hotel, the city's first premier luxury hotel, was the site for the first World Unity Conf...
- 1925-04-00 — There were 43 local spiritual assemblies in North America by this date. [BBRSM121]...
- 1925-04-10 — Shoghi Effendi wrote to the American National Spiritual Assembly indicating that the word 'assembly'...
- 1925-12-00 — A Plan of Unified Action to Spread the Baha'i Cause Throughout the United States and Canada January...
- 1926-00-03 — Green Acre came under the direct supervision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States...
- 1926-00-06 — The Baha'i World was first published. [BW1:4; GT77; PP209; SBR232; BWNS1289]
The first edition, A...
- 1926-01-00 — Orcella Rexford and her husband Dr Gayne Gregory (the first to accept the Faith in Alaska) went to H...
- 1926-02-07 — Carter G. Woodson, author, historian and professor, (1875-1950), initiated the first celebration of ...
- 1926-03-21 — The National Convention was held at the Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street in San Francisco. Because o...
- 1926-05-04 — Queen Marie of Romania wrote three articles as a testimonial to the Baha'i Faith for a syndicated se...
- 1926-07-12 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada made representations ...
- 1926-12-26 — Howard MacNutt, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, (b. 13 July, 1858 in Philadelphia) passed away in Florida ...
- 1927-01-08 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada appointed seven people to a National...
- 1927-01-13 — A World Unity Conference was held in Dayton, Ohio, one of many such conferences to be held in the ye...
- 1927-04-08 — The second conference for racial amity in Washington was held at the Mt Pleasant Congregational Chur...
- 1927-04-31 — The third National Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was held at the Windsor...
- 1927-05-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada drew up and published...
- 1927-08-01 — Geyserville Baha'i Summer School, the first American Baha'i summer school, was established on proper...
- 1927-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi entrusted Dr William Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who were visiting Haifa on a 19-...
- 1927-10-00 — The first issue of the monthy called World Unity Magazine. Its editors were John Herman Randall, Joh...
- 1927-11-10 — The third convention for amity in inter-racial relations in Washington was held in the Mt. Pleasant ...
- 1928-01-00 — A charter was granted by the State of New
York to World Unity Foundation, a
body of trustees admin...
- 1928-04-26 — The National Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was held in the Foundation Ha...
- 1928-08-27 — The word 'Baha'i' was registered with the United States Patent Office as a trademark. [BW6:348]...
- 1928-12-31 — Ruth White, who had met 'Abdu'l-Baha in New York in 1912 and who had been on pilgrimage in 1922, wro...
- 1929-03-16 — In December of 1925 the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of United States and Canada adopt...
- 1929-04-00 — The New History Society was founded in New York by 'Abdu'l-Baha's former secretary and interpreter A...
- 1929-05-00 — The American National Spiritual Assembly incorporated as a voluntary Trust. [BBRSM122; GPB335]
Th...
- 1929-08-12 — Green Acre became a fully fledged Baha'i summer school when the National Spiritual Assembly of the B...
- 1929-09-14 — The Green Acre Trustees were appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and C...
- 1930-00-00 — The publication of ...
- 1930-04-01 — A ceremony was held at the American annual convention in dedication of the resumption of the buildin...
- 1930-05-30 — The New History Society came into conflict with the local Baha'i Assembly. Sohrab refused to allow t...
- 1930-08-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly published a statement in the Baha'i News entitled The Case of Ahmad ...
- 1930-08-19 — Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois, (b. 19 March 1856, Staint-Célestin de Nicolet, QC. d. Wilmette, IL)...
- 1930-08-20 — Louis Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois, (19 March, 1856, Saint-Célestin, Quebec, Canada) designer of the Mas...
- 1930-11-00 — The National Assembly published a detailed supplementary statement in the Baha'i News, quoting passa...
- 1931-01-15 — Flames swept through the dome of Baha'i House of Worship which was nearing completion. Debris includ...
- 1931-05-00 — A permanent summer school is established at Louhelen Ranch near Davison, Michigan. [BW10:181; GPB340...
- 1931-05-02 — The superstructure of the Wilmette House of Worship was completed and turned over by the Fuller Comp...
- 1931-05-20 — The passing of Mrs Claudia Coles in London. (b. 1863 or 1866 in Charleston, South Carolina). She ac...
- 1931-11-00 — The New York Baha'i community drafted the by-laws of a Baha'i local assembly. [GPB335]
These by-l...
- 1932-02-17 — The Chicago Baha'i Assembly incorporated, the first local spiritual assembly in the world to do so. ...
- 1932-02-27 — Race Amity gatherings became an effective way promote the principle of racial equality. A number pf ...
- 1932-06-10 — The American National Spiritual Assembly addresseed a petition to the Shah of Iran requesting that t...
- 1932-08-15 — Keith Ransom-Kehler met the Iranian Court Minister Taymur Tash. [BW5:392]
She presented the Ameri...
- 1933-04-21 — In his letter titled "America and the Most Great Peace written this day, Shoghi ...
- 1934-01-24 — Agnes S. Parsons died after an automobile accident. [BW5:410; SBR96; BN No 82 April 1934 p4]
She ...
- 1934-08-28 — Mishkin-Qalam's calligraphic rendering of the Greatest Name was registered as a trademark with the U...
- 1935-03-00 — World Order magazine was founded. [SBR236; BWNS1289]
The publication included essays, poems, ...
- 1935-07-00 — The Archives Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada made an ap...
- 1935-10-01 — Shoghi Effendi wrote to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Cana...
- 1935-11-24 — The passing of Dr. Howard Luxmoore Carpenter (b. 1906, d. 24 November 1935). He was buried at the Su...
- 1936-00-05 — The Seven Valleys was published in revised translation by Ali Kuli Khan by the US Baha'i Publishing ...
- 1936-07-00 — Following on the success of the initial Race Amity conferences in Washington, DC, the National Spiri...
- 1936-07-01 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada appointed the first Inter-America Co...
- 1937-02-02 — The passing of Mary Hanford Finney Ford (b. 1 November, 1856, in Meadville, PA) in Clearwater, FL. S...
- 1937-04-11 — The passing of Dr. Zia Bagdadi (b. February 9, 1882, Beirut, Lebanon) in Augusta, Georgia. He was bu...
- 1937-04-21 — The First Seven Year Plan (1937-1944) was launched in North America. [BBD180; BBRSM158; BW7:17–18;...
- 1937-05-00 — Fred Schopflocher contributed and additional $100,000 (see 16 March, 1929) to the goal of $350,000 t...
- 1938-04-27 — In a message addressed to the Thirtieth National Convention the Guardian announced:
"As token my gr...
- 1938-05-01 — The National Convention was held in Chicago. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were: ...
- 1938-11-11 — The passing of Pocahontas Kay (Grizzard) Pope (b. 1864 or 1865 Pocahontas Kay in Halifax County, NC,...
- 1939-09-22 — The State of Illinois issued the first Baha'i marriage licence, authorizing the Spiritual Assembly o...
- 1939-10-01 — The national Baha'i office of the United States was established at 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illi...
- 1939-10-25 — John Eichenauer, the first pioneer to El Salvador, arrived in San Salvador from Phoenix, Arizona.
...
- 1940-00-00 — The publication of I, Mary Magdalen by Juliet Thompson. It was a novel with a semi-autobiographical...
- 1940-04-21 — Annual Report of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the...
- 1940-09-00 — William Sears, Hand of the Cause of God, became a Baha'i in Salt Lake City, Utah....
- 1941-03-28 — The publication of The Promised Day is Come. It was, in effect, a survey of the world in relation t...
- 1941-04-08 — The passing of Urbain Joseph Ledoux (b. August 13, 1874 in Ste Hélène de Bagot, Quebec). He was b...
- 1941-08-06 — The passing of Elizabeth Roemer Greenleaf (b. 1863) in Eliot Maine. She was buried at the Rosehill ...
- 1941-11-31 — Some members of the National Spiritual Assembly filed suit against Ahmad Sohrab to try to stop him f...
- 1942-01-16 — The passing of Carole Lombard Gable (b. 6 October 1908 in Ft Wayne, IN) near Las Vegas. She was bur...
- 1943-01-08 — The exterior ornamentation of the Wilmette Temple was completed. [BW10:181; UD155–6]
The cost o...
- 1943-08-16 — The passing of Sydney Sprague (b. Oshkosh WI in 1875) in Los Angeles. He was buried in Inglewood Cem...
- 1943-09-04 — The first local spiritual assembly in Alaska was established at Anchorage....
- 1944-04-00 — The first Baha'i shortwave radio broadcast was beamed from New York towards South America. [BW9:44...
- 1944-04-21 — The thirty-sixth National Convention was held in Wilmette and hosted representatives of the Baha'i c...
- 1944-05-01 — The first All-American Baha'i Convention was held. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly ...
- 1944-05-19 — An international celebration of the Centenary of the founding of the Faith was held at the House of ...
- 1945-04-00 — The election for the National Spiritual Assembly was held by postal ballot. The tellers completed th...
- 1945-10-24 — The United Nations was formally established. There were Baha'i representatives in San Francisco in ...
- 1946-04-21 — The Second Seven Year Plan of the United States and Canada (1946-1953) was launched. [BBR180; BBRSM1...
- 1946-07-20 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States enquired of the Guardian whether the existence ...
- 1946-07-22 — The passing of John David Bosch (named "Núrani by 'Abdu'l-Baha) at his home near Geyserville, Calif...
- 1946-08-11 — The passing of Orcella Rexford (b. Louise Cutts-Powell, 12 Jun 1887 in Tracey, Minnesota) in Los Ang...
- 1947-02-01 — Reflecting the unity in diversity highly valued by the Baha'i community, Amin Banani, Mildred Mottah...
- 1947-05-18 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was accredited by the...
- 1948-04 — The name 'Baha'i International Community' was first used to refer to the eight existing National Spi...
- 1948-04-21 — The first All-Native Baha'i Assembly was established on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. [BW...
- 1948-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly was elected in the United States. Those elected were:
Dorothy...
- 1949-00-00 — Agnes Harrison (née Parent), an Athabascan, became a Baha'i in Alaska, the first Native Alaskan to ...
- 1949-04-24 — The passing of Montfort Mills.
He had been a believer since 1906 and by 1909 he had made two pil...
- 1949-11-09 — The Baha'i International Community, in a letter addressed to Mr Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of...
- 1950-01-15 — The earliest observation of what has become known as World Religion Day was observed in Portland, M...
- 1950-04-21 — Shoghi Effendi announced the Africa Campaign (1951-1953) in a cable to the British National Conventi...
- 1951-04-21 — Several National Spiritual Assemblies-Britain, Egypt, India, Iran and the United States, joined forc...
- 1951-07-30 — Louis Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Eliot, Maine, near Green Acre. [CoF163; BW12...
- 1951-09-00 — National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States provided guidance on military servic...
- 1951-12-20 — Hand of the Cause Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passed away in Lovel, Maine. He was buried ...
- 1952-00-00 — The establishment of the Baha'i Service for the Blind and the Physically Handicapped as a committee ...
- 1952-06-01 — In a letter written on behalf of the Guardian by the Assistant Secretary, the National Spiritual Ass...
- 1952-10-08 — Holy Year, "The Great Jubilee", October 1952 to October 1953, was inaugurated. [MBW16-18; BW12:116; ...
- 1952-11-12 — Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passed away in Glion, Switzerland.
Shoghi Effendi sai...
- 1953-00-00 — The publication of Questions about the Second Coming by George Townshend by the Baha'i Publishing Co...
- 1953-04-30 — The All-American Jubilee celebrations began. [BW12:149]...
- 1953-05-01 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was consecrated in a simple ceremony for Baha'is only. [BW12:143, 1...
- 1953-05-02 — The House of Worship in Wilmette, the Mother Temple of the West, was dedicated in a public ceremony....
- 1953-05-03 — The All-America Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Chicago. [BW12:133]
For the text...
- 1953-08-26 — Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus,...
- 1954-00-02 — The first Tlinget from Alaska to become a Baha'i, Eugene King, enrolled....
- 1954-01-03 — The passing of Helen "Nellie" Stevison French (b.19 Oct 1868 Peoria, Illinois) in Monaco. She was b...
- 1954-05-01 — Elinore Putney arrived in the Aleutian Islands and was named a Knight of Baha'u'llah. [BW13:449]...
- 1954-12-16 — Shoghi Effendi announced the death of Avarih in Iran, "CONDEMNED POSTERITY MOST SHAMELESS, VICIOUS, ...
- 1955-05-23 — The Baha'i International Community submitted its Proposals for Charter Revision to the United Nation...
- 1955-08-00 — Appeals were made by National Spiritual Assemblies around the world through the Baha'i International...
- 1956-00-00 — The first Tlinget to become a Baha'i in Alaska, Joyce Anderson Combs, enrolled....
- 1956-05-20 — Louisa Mathew Gregory, (b. 1 February 1866 in Penge, Kent, England) whose wedding to Hand of the Cau...
- 1957-00-00 — The publication of The Secret of Divine Civilization by 'Abdu'l-Baha as translated by Marzieh Gail i...
- 1957-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Alaska was formed and incorporated immediately upon formation. [H...
- 1957-06-09 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States designated the second Sunday in ...
- 1957-10-03 — Shoghi Effendi called for the convocation of a series of Intercontinental Conferences to be held suc...
- 1957-12-26 — The passing of Mirzā Asad-Allāh, known as Fāżel Māzandarāni (b. Babol, Persia 1881).
He bec...
- 1958-00-00 — The first Aleut to become a Baha'i, Vassa Lekanoff, enrolled in Unalaska....
- 1958-04-20 — Mirza Ahmad (Esphahani) Sohrab, the Covenant-breaker who rebelled against Shoghi Effendi, died. [MC9...
- 1958-05-02 — The third Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Wilmette,...
- 1959-00-02 — The first Inuit in Alaska to become a Baha'i, William Wiloya, enrolled in Nome....
- 1959-00-04 — Baha'i communities in the United States began the observation of World Peace Day to call attention t...
- 1959-02-01 — The 'first Dependency of the Mashriqul-Adhkar in Wilmette', the Baha'i Home for the Aged, opened. [B...
- 1959-04-10 — Representatives of the Baha'i International Community presented to the President of the Human Rights...
- 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
- 1960-08-20 — The presentation of the doctoral dissertation of Allan Luctus Ward entitled An Historical Study of t...
- 1961-00-00 — Knud Jensen (of mixed Danish, St Thomanian parentage), the first local person to become a Baha'i in ...
- 1961-04-03 — Corinne Knight True, Hand of the Cause of God, (b. 1 November 1861 Louisville, KY d. Chicago, IL 3 A...
- 1961-05-01 — Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first Japanese Baha'i, passed away in Berkeley, California. [SBR185]
...
- 1962-07-20 — The passing of Harlan Foster Ober (b. October 6, 1881 in Beverly, Massachusetts) in Pretoria, Gauten...
- 1962-08-22 — The Custodians ask the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to make representations to t...
- 1962-09-23 — The Custodians ask the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to obtain an interview with ...
- 1964-11-05 — Followers of Charles Mason Remey filed suit in the United States District Court for Northern Illinoi...
- 1965-03-23 — The case filed by the followers of Charles Mason Remey against the National Spiritual Assembly of th...
- 1965-07-22 — Leroy Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.15 February 1896 in Wilmington, IL). ...
- 1965-09-20 — The obligation that Baha'is should seek exemption from combatant service was specifically affirmed b...
- 1966-00-06 — In 1966, as part of the Lamp Unto My Feet series, an ecumenical religious program that was produced ...
- 1966-03-08 — The second suit brought against the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States by the follower...
- 1966-04-07 — The passing of Ali Kuli Khan (b. Kashan Persia, about 1879) in Washington, DC. [BW14p351]
For inf...
- 1966-06-01 — The counter-claim of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States against the followers of C...
- 1967-00-04 — Victor de Araujo was appointed by the Universal House of Justice as the full-time Accredited Represe...
- 1967-02-21 — The Universal House of Justice established the International Baha'i Audio-Visual Centre in Victor, N...
- 1967-08-00 — From 1967 until 1976 the Harlem Preparatory School was the only high school in central Harlem. The ...
- 1968-04-00 — An article honouring the Centenary of Baha'u'llah's Proclamation to the Kings and religious leaders ...
- 1968-06-22 — The first National Youth Conference of the Baha'is of the United States opened in Wilmette, Illinois...
- 1968-07-00 — In the United States a "Baha'i Teacher and Speaker List" was compiled for distribution to goals comm...
- 1969-06-00 — For the Baha'i position on military service see War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Trans...
- 1969-06-15 — Hand of the Cause Ali-Akbar Furutan travelled throughout the width and breadth of North America. Th...
- 1969-07-00 — With regard to the classification of Baha'i books,
in most libraries the listing is according to th...
- 1969-11-12 — The world premiere of the film A New Wind, written and directed by George C Stoney and distributed b...
- 1970-00-06 — Over 20,000 Afro-Americans from the rural areas of the south-eastern United States became Baha'is. [...
- 1970-02-20 — The passing of Curtis Demude Kelsey (b. 6 March, 1894 in Salt Lake City, UT) in Bradenton, FL.
He...
- 1970-02-20 — First American National Baha'i Education Conference in America was held in Wilmette. [USBN April 19...
- 1970-04-22 — The first Earth Day mobilized 20 million Americans to call for increased protections for our planet....
- 1970-05-27 — The Baha'i International Community was granted consultative status, category II, by the Economic and...
- 1970-06-19 — Rúhiyyih Khanum interrupted her African teaching safari to meet with more than 2,000 youth at the N...
- 1970-07-00 — The release of the film It's Just the Beginning. The documentary film is about the 1970 Baha'i Nati...
- 1971-00-00 — The publication of Memorials of the Faithful by the Baha'i Publishing Trust in Wilmette as trans...
- 1971-05-24 — The passing of Anna Reinke (b. 15 August, 1882 Travis County, Texas) in Travis County Texas. She wa...
- 1972-00-00 — The Louis G. Gregory Institute was founded in 1972. It was named after a native to South Carolina an...
- 1972-06-21 — Over 150 American youth join European youth in Operation Hand-in-Hand, a joint teaching project. [BW...
- 1972-12-17 — The passing of Matthew Washington Bullock (b. 11 September, 1881 in Dabney, North Carolina) in Detro...
- 1974-00-00 — The first Native Council took place in Haines, Alaska, attended by 50 native Baha'is....
- 1974-00-00 — The publication of The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings by Reverend William McElwee Miller. T...
- 1974-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly of Kotzebue, an Iñupiat Eskimo community situated north of the A...
- 1974-07-13 — The dedication of the Bosch Baha'i School north of Santa Cruz, California. (Bosch Baha'i School webs...
- 1974-08-28 — The conference held in St Louis, Missouri, to launch the Five Year Plan in the United States attract...
- 1975-06-24 — Iran became one of the first countries in the world to ratify the International Covenant on Civil an...
- 1975-07-04 — The Ridvan Message contained the phrase, "EVIDENCES GATHERING CLOUDS WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION" and the...
- 1976-01-10 — The most northerly-located local spiritual assembly in the world was formed in the Iñupiat communit...
- 1976-03-08 — The Baha'i International Community was granted consultative status with the United Nations Children'...
- 1976-04-24 — The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin – d. April 24, 1976 ...
- 1976-07-23 — An International Teaching Conference was held in Anchorage, Alaska, attended by 1,005 Baha'is. [BW17...
- 1976-10-05 — The passing of Adelaide Sharp (b. Texas, 1896) in Tehran.
In 1929 she accompanied Dr Susan Mood...
- 1977-08-16 — The passing of Annamarie Honnold (b. 23 December 1914 in Urbana, Illinois) in Kennet Square, PA, USA...
- 1978-05-23 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was included in the register of historic places in the United State...
- 1979-04-21 — In the period Riḍvan 1979 to Riḍvan 1982 the Association for Baha'i Studies played an increasing...
- 1979-06-12 — The UN Conference entitled "The Human Factor in Science and Technology for Development" was held in ...
- 1981-12-01 — The Baha'i International Community made its first appeal to the Commission on Human Rights to addres...
- 1982-05-25 — The Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Foreign Affairs Committee of...
- 1982-06-19 — The teaching project Camino Del Sol (Trail of Light), comprising indigenous believers from North Ame...
- 1982-10-22 — The murder of Daniel Jordon in New York. The crime was unsolved. Mr. Jordon was on the National Spi...
- 1982-12-29 — The passing of Stanwood Cobb, (b. November 6 Newton, Massachusetts, 1881 – d. December 29, 1982) n...
- 1983-00-00 — The Diary of Juliet Thompson with a foreword by Marzieh Gail was published by Kalimat Press. The dia...
- 1983-06-25 — The passing of Reginald "Rex" Collison (b. 3 May 1884 in Ohio). He was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery,...
- 1983-08-05 — The first Los Angeles Baha'i History Conference was held at the University of California at Los Ange...
- 1984-03-21 — The inaugural broadcast for Radio Baha'i WLGI, located at the Louis Gregory Baha'i Institute in Hemi...
- 1984-04-21 — Delegates at the United States National Convention petition the Universal House of Justice requestin...
- 1984-11-16 — Shu'a'u'llah 'Ala'i, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona. (b. 16 November 1...
- 1985-07-03 — An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in...
- 1986-01-28 — The death of NASA Astronaut Ronald Erwin McNair (b. 21 October, 1951 in Lake City, SC) when Space Sh...
- 1986-10-19 — Lorraine Kahn of Pine Springs, Arizona, is elected a delegate to the United States National Conventi...
- 1986-11-13 — Zikrullah Khadem (Dhikru'llah Khadem), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Skokie, Illinois. (b...
- 1987-09-01 — The United Nations Secretary-General designated the Baha'i International Community and the National ...
- 1988-00-00 — Hand of the Cause of God William Sears and his wife Marguerite Reimer Sears initiated the first Dese...
- 1988-03-00 — The publication of the first edition of the trilingual publication The Journal of Baha'i Studies un...
- 1988-12-09 — The passing of Edna M. True, (b. July 29, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) She was a daughter of the...
- 1988-12-18 — H. Borrah Kavelin, (b. 18 March, 1906, Russia), former member of the first House of Justice, passed ...
- 1988-12-29 — The Universal House of Justice issued a letter to the Baha'is in the United States published as Indi...
- 1989-00-05 — The New Era Foundation was formed by the US National Spiritual Assembly to sponsor a wide range of d...
- 1989-00-09 — The establishment of the Baha'i International Community's Office of the Environment in New York. Rid...
- 1989-02-01 — The inaugural publication of One Country, the newsletter of the Baha'i International Community. It w...
- 1989-09-01 — The Baha'i Office of the Environment was established as part of the Baha'i International Community i...
- 1990-00-25 — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the emancipation of t...
- 1990-01-26 — The Baha'i Chair for World Peace was established at the University of Maryland's Centre for Internat...
- 1990-03-31 — The first Baha'i International Chinese Symposium was held in San Francisco, California; it was atten...
- 1990-05-00 — The US Senate unanimously adopted a concurrent resolution condemning Iran's continued repression of ...
- 1990-10-00 — The publication of the last issue of the Baha'i News by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Unite...
- 1991-00-00 — The first major public statement of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Sta...
- 1991-01-00 — Dr. Victor de Araujo, Baha'i representative to the United Nations for 23 years and the first full-ti...
- 1991-01-26 — Mottahedeh Development Services was established by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of...
- 1991-02-25 — In Iran, a secret government memorandum (known as the Golpaygani Memorandum) was drawn up by Iran's ...
- 1992-00-00 — Prime Minister Hamilton Green of Guyana made a formal state visit to the temple in Wilmette. [Baha'i...
- 1992-00-01 — The establishment of the Baha'i Chair for Peace at the University of Maryland in the United States. ...
- 1992-03-25 — William Benard Sears, (b.28 Mar 1911), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Tucson, Arizona. He ...
- 1992-04-02 — With a world population 5.48 billion, the American Baha'i population was 110,000 in more than 7000 c...
- 1992-06-18 — The passing of Counsellor Isobel Sabri, (b. 19 July, 1924) member of the International Teaching Cent...
- 1992-11-23 — The Second World Congress was held in New York City to commemorate the centenary of the passing of B...
- 1992-12-00 — The Universal House of Justice announced its decision to establish an Office for the Advancement of ...
- 1993-01-06 — The passing of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (b. 21 October 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina). He was bur...
- 1993-01-19 — The Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland was inaugurated. It was situated in t...
- 1993-04-15 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Stanley Theodore Bagley, (b.2 February, 1912 in Bertrand, Misso...
- 1993-05-24 — The first general conference of Health for Humanitarian association of health professionals sponsore...
- 1993-08-28 — The first time that many religious representatives met with each other was at the World Parliament o...
- 1993-10-16 — The passing of Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail, the second child and eldest daughter of the first Persi...
- 1994-01-30 — The first worldwide fireside on the Internet, 'Pioneering in Cyberspace the Baha'i Faith and the Int...
- 1994-10-19 — The publication of In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Baha'i World Congress and Holy Ye...
- 1995-01-03 — By decision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United State, the Wilmette Institute was estab...
- 1995-10-02 — The publication of Turning Point For All Nations by the Baha'i International Community, United Natio...
- 1996-07-22 — The ECOSOC in resolution 1996/6 (see p. 20) expanded the mandate of the Commission of the Sta...
- 1997-00-01 — The Tahirih Justice Center was founded to address the acute need for legal services of immigrant and...
- 1998-03-25 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member (1963-1993) Mr. Hugh E Chance (b. 28 Decembe...
- 1998-11-23 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States announced the results of the ele...
- 1999-00-00 — The founding of the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) as a non-profit organization t...
- 1999-05-05 — Firuz Kazemzadeh, Secretary for External Affairs for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is ...
- 2000-02-17 — The passing of Mildred Mottahedeh in New York. She had been elected to the International Baha'i Coun...
- 2000-05-22 — The United Nations Millennium Forum was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It attracte...
- 2000-08-28 — The Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders was held in New York and involved mor...
- 2000-09-06 — The General Assembly Millennium Summit was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and w...
- 2000-10-31 — The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security...
- 2000-11-02 — The passing of Creadell Johnetta Haley (b. 4 Jul 1916 in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA) in W...
- 2000-12-12 — The 4th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum (IEF) was held in Orlando, Florida....
- 2001-01-04 — The passing of Dr. Victor de Araujo of Vista, NY at the age of 78 years. He was born near London, En...
- 2001-12-23 — National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States published a full-page advertisement ...
- 2002-06-27 — In commemoration of the Second Baha'i World Congress 23-26 November in 1992 in New York, a Festival ...
- 2002-09-21 — The dedication, at the Green Acre Baha'i School in Eliot Maine, the oldest permanent Baha'i school i...
- 2003-02-07 — The dedication of the Louis G. Gregory Museum in his birthplace, Charleston, South Carolina. [BWNS18...
- 2003-03-11 — Bani Dugal Gujral was appointed Principal Representative of the Baha'i International Community to th...
- 2004-12-20 — United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" over the human righ...
- 2005-03-28 — As Chair of the NGO Commission on the Status of Women, Ms Bani Dugal facilitated and organized the p...
- 2005-09-06 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member David S. Ruhe (b. 3 January, 1913) near Newb...
- 2005-09-15 — The 2005 World Summit was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, ...
- 2005-10-01 — The Search for Values in the Age of Transition was written on the occasion of the 60th anniversary o...
- 2005-11-00 — Dr. John Grayzei was appointed to the Baha'i Chair for Peace at the University of Maryland in the Un...
- 2007-09-01 — In memory of Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum and because the Native people had such a special place in...
- 2008-02-14 — The publication of a new statement from the Baha'i International Community entitled Eradicating Pove...
- 2008-12-06 — Regional Conferences were held in Portland, United States, Chicago, United States, Atlanta, United S...
- 2008-12-13 — Regional Conferences were held in Stamford, CT, Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA. [BWNS677]...
- 2009-02-15 — The US House of Representatives introduced a resolution condemning the government of Iran for its st...
- 2009-02-20 — The UN reviewed the Declaration of Copenhagen and Programme of Action for Social Development on Nove...
- 2010-05-00 — The publication of Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism," for th...
- 2010-07-02 — The UN General Assembly voted unanimously to create UN Women, (General Assembly resolution 64/289) a...
- 2011-02 22 — The 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters ...
- 2011-05-30 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gayle Wollson (b. 2 June 1913 Crookston MN) in Wilmette, IL. ...
- 2011-11-01 — The film Education Under Fire by Jeffrey Kaufman and co-sponsored by Amnesty International, profiles...
- 2012-00-00 — Stanford University's Baha'i Collection was the first university-based collection of its kind in th...
- 2012-02-24 — The inaugural screening of Iranian Taboo by Dutch-Iranian filmmaker Reza Allamehzadeh in Los Angeles...
- 2012-07-01 — The Baha'i Chair for World Peace was assumed by Professor Hoda Mahmoudi who previously headed a rese...
- 2013-04-12 — The commemoration of the centenary of the visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha to North America. [BWNS918]...
- 2013-07-24 — The Universal House of Justice addressed a message the National Spiritu...
- 2013-07-28 — The passing of Amin Banani (b. 23 September 1926 in Tehran) in Santa Monica. He was survived by his ...
- 2015-02-27 — The premiere of the film To Light a Candle by Iranian-Canadian filmmaker and journalist, Maziar Maha...
- 2015-05-14 — A global campaign called "Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha'i Le...
- 2015-09-00 — As of this date the Baha'i community in the United States had about 175,000 Baha'is (less than one p...
- 2015-09-25 — The UN further defined its Sustainable Development goals at the United Nations Sustainable Developme...
- 2015-10-15 — The sixth Parliament called upon the world to Reclaim the Heart of Our Humanity and took place in Sa...
- 2016-00-00 — Asma Jilani Jahangir was selected as the Special Rapporteur in 2016. She was a human rights lawyer o...
- 2016-09-06 — In a letter the BIC called on Iranian President Rouhani to end systematic ...
- 2016-10-26 — The report from the offices of the Baha'i International Community entitled The Baha'i Question Revis...
- 2017-05-05 — The film Changing the World, One Wall at a Time was premiered in Harlem on the 5th of May and in Los...
- 2017-09-18 — The release of the film entitled World Peace - A Bahai Vision.
Produced by Radiant Century Produc...
- 2017-11-17 — A committee of the United Nations General Assembly condemned Iran by a vote of 83 to 30 with 68 abst...
- 2018-01-25 — By way of a contribution to the 7th Annual ECOSOC Youth Forum at the United Nations, the Baha'i Inte...
- 2018-03-12 — The Baha'i International Community in New York released the statement "Beyond Mere Economics: A Mora...
- 2018-04-12 — The premiere of the documentary film, An American Story: Race Amity and The Other Tradition in a tel...
- 2018-05-09 — The premiere of the film The Gate: Dawn of the Baha'i Faith in Los Angeles. The first ever documenta...
- 2018-09-06 — The passing of Lily Ayman (b. 17 May 1929 in Tehran) in Chicago. She was buried in the Oakwood cemet...
- 2019-12-19 — The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated for sanctions...
- 2020-00-00 — The publication of The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice by Shahbaz Fatheaz...
- 2020-03-09 — The Baha'i International Community submitted a statement entitled Developing New Dynamics of Power t...
- 2020-03-23 — The passing of prominent jazz musician Mike Longo. He had a distinguished jazz career as a pianist,...
- 2020-04-28 — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is an independent, bipartisan federa...
- 2020-05-25 — George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed during an arrest by four police officers. Subseque...
- 2020-06-19 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States issued a statement entitled Forg...
- 2020-07-22 — The Universal House of Justice addressed a message to the Baha'is of the United States on the subjec...
- 2020-09-18 — The passing of Talat Bassari (b. 1923 Babol, Iran) in Los Angeles. She was an Iranian Baha'i poet, f...
- 2020-09-21 — The Baha'i International Community issued a statement entitled A Governance Befitting: Humanity and ...
- 2020-09-25 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Farzam Arbab (b. 1941 in Tehran) in San Dieg...
- 2020-10-01 — The release of the documentary film Nasrin, about the Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, i...
- 2020-10-21 — The Baha'i International Community launched the statement entitled A Governance Befitting: Humanity ...
- 2020-11-29 — The paintings of Maryam Safajoo depict the many forms of persecution faced by the Baha'is of Iran. S...
- 2021-00-00 — The publication of ...
- 2021-04-27 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States provided guidance on the question of the vaccin...
- 2021-06-03 — The passing of John Kolstoe in Livingstone, Montana. [Baha'is of Montana and Surrounding Areas Faceb...
- 2021-11-04 — The US premiere of the short film entitled The Prisoner in the Cinema Paradisl in Hollywood. The fi...
- 2021-12-16 — The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has called on the Iranian government to end its discriminat...
- 2022-08-17 — The Universal House of Justice announced that a Persian Reviewing Panel, appointed by and operating ...
- 2022-10-01 — The passing of Kevin Locke, (b. Los Angeles, CA 1983) renowned Native American hoop dancer, self-tau...
- 2023-08-14 — The Parliament was held in Chicago at McCormick Place. The theme was A Call to Conscience: Defending...
- 2024-01-16 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States established the Corinne True Cen...
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