Bahá’í Calendar

Month: Year:
« Prev August 2024 Next »
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
      1
* Day of cluster munitionsDay of cluster munitions

Day the production and use of cluster munitions was outlawed world-wide (2010); day to mourn their victims.

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
* World Parliament of Religions World Parliament of Religions

Opening of the Second World Parliament of Religions (1993), attended by members of all the world\'s religions. A Global Ethic was adopted that condemns hatred, aggression, oppression, and environmental abuses committed in the name of religion.

29
30
31
* Day for TahirihDay for Tahirih

Remembrance day for Tahirih (d. 1852), feminist, poet, scholar, and preacher of the nascent Baha\'i Faith. Baha\'is recognize gender equality. [Born in 1917; died in 1852 between 8/16 & 8/31.]