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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi announces that the
Bahá'í Faith is established in 247 countries, in 3,700 localities and
that there are more than 900 local spiritual assemblies, of which 168
are incorporated. Bahá'í literature has been translated into 190
languages. [MBW92–3] |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi announces the
extension to Egyptian Bahá'í women of the right to be elected to the
national spiritual assembly and to participate in the national
convention. [MBW96–7] |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 April A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The first indigenous person to
become a Bahá'í in Micronesia, 22-year-old Joe Erie Ilengelkei from
Palau, Caroline Islands, enrols. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa is formed with its seat in Johannesburg, South Africa. [BW13:284]
- Its
area of jurisdiction is the Union of South Africa, Basutoland,
Zululand, Swaziland, Bechuanaland, South West Africa, Angola, Northern
Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Mozambique, Madagascar, Réunion
Island, Mauritius and St Helena Island.
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Central and East Africa is formed with its seat in Kampala, Uganda. [BW13:284]
- Its
area of jurisdiction is Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya, Belgian Congo,
Ruanda-Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Zanzibar, Comoro Islands and
Seychelles Islands.
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of North West Africa is formed with its seat in Tunis, Tunisia. [BW13:284]
- Its
area of jurisdiction is Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco (International Zone),
Spanish Morocco, French Morocco, Rio de Oro, Spanish Sahara, French
West Africa, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gold
Coast, Ashanti Protectorate, British Togoland, French Togoland, Nigeria,
British Cameroons, French Cameroons, Spanish Guinea, St Thomas Island,
Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands and Madeira.
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa is formed. [BW13:284]
- Its area of jurisdiction is Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, French Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, Ethiopia and Socotra Island.
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly is formed in Morocco (International Zone). |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Taiwan is formed in T'ainan. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Bermuda is formed. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assemblies in Korea are formed at Seoul and at Kwangju. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
With the enrolment of the first Micronesian Bahá'í, the first local spiritual assembly of Guam is formed. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly of Hong Kong is formed. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The local spiritual assembly of Addis Ababa incorporates, the first one in Africa to do so. [BW13:287] |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
Formation of the first Local
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of first Local Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá'ís of Tainan, Taiwan |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
Formation of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Guam. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
Mary Zabolotny (later Mrs Ken
McCulloch), of Polish background, arrives on Anticosti Island, Canada,
and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 May A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
Louisa Mathew Gregory, whose
wedding to Hand of the Cause of God Louis Gregory in 1912 was the first
interracial western Bahá'í marriage, passes away in Eliot, Maine.
[BW13:878]
- For her obituary see BW13:376–8.
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 / 13 November A.D.1956
• A.M. |
First All-Taiwan Teaching Conference held in Tainan, Taiwan. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• 9 December A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The passing of Juliet Thompson (b. Washington, DC 1873 - d. December 9th, 1956 New York). [BW13:862-864]
- For her memorial service at the House of Worship see Bahá'í News p475, 493.
- After learning of the Bahá'í Faith in Washington DC near 1898
she traveled to Paris at the invitation of Laura Dreyfus-Barney's
mother. Later in 1901 in Paris she met Thomas Breakwell, who gave her
Arthur de Gobineau's description in French of the Execution of the Báb
which confirmed her faith. In Paris she took classes on the religion
from Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl. [Wiki]
- She published her book I, Mary Magdalene in 1940. It is available at bahai-library.com/.
- The Diary of Juliet Thompson was published by Kalimat Press in1983 from her 1947 typescript.
- The restoration of Juliet's grave took place on December 5,
2010. After a 54 year delay, the new gravestone, commissioned by the
NSA, was unveiled in the Beechwood Cemetery in New Rochelle, New York,
engraved with this moving tribute from Shoghi Effendi:
"Deplore loss of much-loved, greatly admired Juliet Thompson,
outstanding, exemplary handmaid of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Over half-century
record of manifold, meritorious services, embracing the concluding years
of Heroic and opening decades of Formative Ages of Bahá'í Dispensation,
won her enviable position in the glorious company of triumphant
disciples of the beloved Master in the Abha Kingdom. Advise hold
memorial gathering in Mashriqu'l-Adhkar to pay befitting tribute to the
imperishable memory of one so wholly consecrated to the Faith of
Bahá'u'lláh, and fired with such consuming devotion to the Center of His
Covenant."
[December 6, 1956] (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of Faith, p. 170)
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 December A.D. 1956
• A.M. |
The publication in the Official
Gazette of the government of Israel of the issue of an expropriation
order against the Covenant-Breakers in possession of the holy Shrines at
Bahji. This order was immediately appealed by the Covenant-Breakers to
the Supreme Court. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
The first indigenous person to become a Bahá'í in the Dutch West Indies, Rhoma Matthew, enrols. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
The first member of the Newari ethnic group of Nepal to become a Bahá'í, Rishi Prasad Joshi, enrols. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
Charles Winfield Small, a native of
Barbados and the first to become a Bahá'í in the Bahamas, returns to
Barbados, the first Bahá'í to settle in the country. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
The Berbers in Algeria are first contacted by the Bahá'ís and a number of Berber families enrol. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
Bahá'í activity in Czechoslovakia
is banned by the authorities, several members of the Prague community
are arrested and Vuk Echtner is imprisoned for two years. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
Nagoya, Japan, becomes the only spiritual assembly to be made up entirely of Japanese believers. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
The first local person to become a Bahá'í in Cambodia, Mr Lim Incchin, a young Chinese, enrols. |
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• 113 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 February A.D. 1957
• A.M. |
Enoch Olinga arrives in the Holy Land, the first black African Bahá'í to go on pilgrimage. |
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