January 9. On this date in 1951, Shoghi Effendi appointed the International Bahá'í Council, with Charles Mason Remey as the president of the Council. After Shoghi Effendi's death, Mason Remey would put for the claim that, by virtue of having named him President of the International Bahá'í Council, Shoghi Effendi had in fact implicitly named him as the second Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.

January 9.  On this date in 1951, Shoghi Effendi appointed the International Bahá'í Council, with Charles Mason Remey as the president of the Council. After Shoghi Effendi's death, Mason Remey would put for the claim that, by virtue of having named him President of the International Bahá'í Council, Shoghi Effendi had in fact implicitly named him as the second Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.