January 24. On this date in 2009, three of the conferences among a series of 41 regional conferencesof the Five Year Plan took place, one in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, one in Sydney, Australia, and one in Madrid, Spain. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 24. On this date in 1957, Shoghi Effendi addressed a letter to the NSA of the U.S. admonishing the Assembly that an unnamed individual "cannot consider himself spiritually a Bahá'í and be associated with the avowed enemies of …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 24. On this date in 1922, Shoghi Effendi received a letter from Herbert Samuel, the British High Commissioner for Palestine. The receipt of the letter is mentioned in Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum's The Priceless Pearl. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1944, Shoghi Effendi wrote"we cannot be sure how much or how little of the four Gospels are accurate and include the words of Christ and His undiluted teachings, all we can be sure of, as Bahá'ís, is …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1985, the Universal House of Justice sent a letter addressed "To all National Spiritual Assemblies" concerning Bahá’í activities for the International Year of Peace declared by the United Nations, in anticipation … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 2012, Maryam Valapourgave a talk at the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa titled "Applying Bahai Principles to Address Current Ethics and Policy Debates in Organ Transplantation." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 2000, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (née Mary Sutherland Maxwell) was buried in Haifa, adjacent to the home, originally a residence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, where she had resided since 1937 when she married Shoghi Effendi. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1946, Shoghi Effendi wrote, "HEARTILY APPROVE NATIONWIDE OBSERVANCE FOR DAUNTLESS LYDIA ZAMENHOF." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1945, on this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi advised about individuals who "should be shunned by their fellow-Bahá'ís " noting "that some people are spiritually sick and that their disease is, alas, contagious." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1924, Shoghi Effendi wrote Queen Marie of Romania "I am deeply touched by the splendid appreciation Your Majesty has graciously penned for the Bahá'í World, and wish to offer my heartfelt and abiding gratitude …." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1924, Shoghi Effendi wrote Queen Marie of Romania "I am deeply touched by the splendid appreciation Your Majesty has graciously penned for the Bahá'í World, and wish to offer my heartfelt and abiding gratitude …." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1945, on this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi advised about individuals who "should be shunned by their fellow-Bahá'ís " noting "that some people are spiritually sick and that their disease is, alas, contagious." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1946, Shoghi Effendi wrote, "HEARTILY APPROVE NATIONWIDE OBSERVANCE FOR DAUNTLESS LYDIA ZAMENHOF." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 2000, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (née Mary Sutherland Maxwell) was buried in Haifa, adjacent to the home, originally a residence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, where she had resided since 1937 when she married Shoghi Effendi. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 2012, Maryam Valapourgave a talk at the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa titled "Applying Bahai Principles to Address Current Ethics and Policy Debates in Organ Transplantation." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1985, the Universal House of Justice sent a letter addressed "To all National Spiritual Assemblies" concerning Bahá’í activities for the International Year of Peace declared by the United Nations, in anticipation … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 23. On this date in 1944, Shoghi Effendi wrote"we cannot be sure how much or how little of the four Gospels are accurate and include the words of Christ and His undiluted teachings, all we can be sure of, as Bahá'ís, is …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1944, Shoghi Effendi finished writing God Passes By. Published later that year, to coincide with the one-hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb in 1844, God Passes. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice reiterated that the figure of 20,000 for the number of early Babi/Bahá'í martyrs is "clearly recorded" in "the official government historical record of events in Iran" and … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1872, in 'Akká, a group of Bahá'ís, including Salmání, killed three Azalís (Siyyid Muhammad Isfahání, Áqá Ján Ka’j Kuláh and another person). onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1992, an individual wrote the UHJ, who later responded that "The House of Justice was sorry to learn from your letter that your son has recently informed you that he is a homosexual......" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1976, the Universal House of Justice wrote a memorandum to the International Teaching Centre emphasizing that … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1976, the Universal House of Justice wrote a memorandum to the International Teaching Centre emphasizing that … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1992, an individual wrote the UHJ, who later responded that "The House of Justice was sorry to learn from your letter that your son has recently informed you that he is a homosexual......" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1872, in 'Akká, a group of Bahá'ís, including Salmání, killed three Azalís (Siyyid Muhammad Isfahání, Áqá Ján Ka’j Kuláh and another person). onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice reiterated that the figure of 20,000 for the number of early Babi/Bahá'í martyrs is "clearly recorded" in "the official government historical record of events in Iran" and … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 22. On this date in 1944, Shoghi Effendi finished writing God Passes By. Published later that year, to coincide with the one-hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb in 1844, God Passes. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi met with David Ben Gurion. In the chapter titled The Heart and Nerve Centre in her book The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum describes this meeting. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1914, Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání, noted Bahá’í scholar in the time of Bahá’u’lláh, died in Cairo, Egypt. One of the few Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh who never actually met Bahá’u’lláh, he chose the alias … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1951, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The Day of the Covenant Nov. 26th, and the Day of the Ascension, Nov. 28th, anniversaries of the birth and the Ascension of Abdu'l-Bahá, must be observed by the friends coming together …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1923, Brigitte Hasselblatt, who would pioneer to Sweden, Denmark and Estonia and be named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Shetland Islands, was born. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1922, two months after 'Abdu'l-Bahá's death, Shoghi Effendi wrote his first letter to American Bahá'ís. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 2015, an individual wrote the UHJ about "interlinear editions of Bahá’í Writings" receiving the reply that .. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 2015, an individual wrote the UHJ about "interlinear editions of Bahá’í Writings" receiving the reply that .. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1922, two months after 'Abdu'l-Bahá's death, Shoghi Effendi wrote his first letter to American Bahá'ís. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1923, Brigitte Hasselblatt, who would pioneer to Sweden, Denmark and Estonia and be named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Shetland Islands, was born. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1951, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The Day of the Covenant Nov. 26th, and the Day of the Ascension, Nov. 28th, anniversaries of the birth and the Ascension of Abdu'l-Bahá, must be observed by the friends coming together …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1914, Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání, noted Bahá’í scholar in the time of Bahá’u’lláh, died in Cairo, Egypt. One of the few Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh who never actually met Bahá’u’lláh, he chose the alias … onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 21. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi met with David Ben Gurion. In the chapter titled The Heart and Nerve Centre in her book The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum describes this meeting. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1922, American Bahá'í's cabled Shoghi Effendi "American rejoices appointment offers you its devoted services co-operation." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1882, Bahá'u'lláh wrote the Tablet of Maqṣúd. On February 7, 2001, an individual asked the Universal House of Justice the "Two great powers" referred to in the Lawh-i-Maqsúd. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1905, Artemus Lamb, an American Bahá'í who pioneered to South and Central America, and served as a Counsellor from 1968 to 1985, was born in Iowa. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1922, Roy Fernie was born in the Panama Canal Zone. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1935, Shoghi Effendi wrote "For the history of the Cause, particularly in Persia, is a clear illustration of the truth that such persecutions invariably serve to …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1935, Shoghi Effendi wrote "For the history of the Cause, particularly in Persia, is a clear illustration of the truth that such persecutions invariably serve to …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1922, Roy Fernie was born in the Panama Canal Zone. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1905, Artemus Lamb, an American Bahá'í who pioneered to South and Central America, and served as a Counsellor from 1968 to 1985, was born in Iowa. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1882, Bahá'u'lláh wrote the Tablet of Maqṣúd. On February 7, 2001, an individual asked the Universal House of Justice the "Two great powers" referred to in the Lawh-i-Maqsúd. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 20. On this date in 1922, American Bahá'í's cabled Shoghi Effendi "American rejoices appointment offers you its devoted services co-operation." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...

January 19. On this date in 1935, Shoghi Effendi wrote"...according to the explicit text of the Aqdas, capital punishment is permitted, but also an alternative has been definitely provided whereby the rigours of such a condemnation can be …." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/janu...