October 1, 1844
Bab sailed to Bushehr for His pilgrimage in Mecca
October 2, 1844
Bab receiver Mulla Husayn letter from Mashad then set sail to Jiddah enroute to Mecca
October 12, 1848
Beginning of the upheaval at Fort Shaykh Tabarsi
October 14, 1844
Mulla Aliy-Bastami arrive Najaf, Iraq with copy of Surih of Joseph
October 19, 1912
Abdu'l-Baha visits the grave of Thornton Chase in Inglewood, California
Birth of the Bab in Shiraz
Bahais commemorate the birth of the Bab (the "Gate"), the Prophet-Herald of the Bahai Faith. In 1819, the Bab was born in Shiraz, Persia (Iran)
October 27, 1933
Death of Keith Ransom-Kehler, Hand of the Cause of God in Isfahan, Ira
Keith Ransom-Kehler (February 14, 1876 - October 27, 1933) was an American Baha'i, Hand of the Cause of God and regarded as the first American martyr of the Faith. She carried out extensive travel teaching in the United States and Canada in the late 1920's before leaving her homeland in the 1930's to visit Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America. She died of small pox in Isfahan, Iran in 1933 during a mission to promote Baha'i Administration and alleviate the suffering of Persian Baha'is at the hands of the Iranian government.
October 27, 1941
Birth of Universal House of Justice member Dr. Farzam Arbab
Farzam Arbab is currently serving as a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Baha'i Faith. Dr. Arbab was born into a Baha'i family Tehran, Iran and obtained his doctorate in physics at the University of California, Berkeley.