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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í Faith is banned in
Algeria by official decree, all Bahá'í institutions are disbanded and
the National Spiritual Assembly dissolved. [BW15:189; BW19:41] |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 / 6 April A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The first European Youth Conference opens in Madrid, Spain. [BW15:329] |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 / 6 April A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The first National Youth Conference of Australia opens at Bolton Place summer School. [BW15:329]
- For picture see BW15:328.
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Papua New Guinea is formed with its seat in Lae. [BW15:265]
- For picture see BW15:142.
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly of Upper Volta is formed in Ouagadougou. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Burundi and Rwanda is formed. [BW15:205]
- For picture see BW15:142.
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 / 25 May A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The first Bahá'í Youth Conference of Japan opens on Jogashima Island. [BW15:329] |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 July A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The Universal House of Justice
announce an increase in the total number of members of the Continental
Boards of Counsellors for the Protection and Propagation of the Faith to
thirty-eight. [MUHJ63-86] |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• August A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The first 12 new Bahá'ís enrol on Union Island in the Grenadines during a visit of Patricia Paccassi and her daughter Judith. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• August A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í Faith is legally recognized in Lebanon when the Local Spiritual Assembly of Beirut is incorporated. [BW15:173]
- This is the first time any Arab government has granted the Faith recognition. [BW15:173]
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 5 August A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá
Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrive in
Kampala, Uganda, at the start of the ‘Great Safari'. [BW15:59]
- For details of the safari and pictures see BW15:588–607.
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 October A.D. 1969
• A.M. |
A mechanism of world
inter-communication will be devised, embracing the whole planet, freed
from national hindrances and restrictions, and functioning with
marvellous swiftness and perfect regularity. WOB203
1844 May 24 Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message over
an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, the message
said: "What hath God wrought?"
1894 May 10 Marconi sends a radio wave 3/4 mile, the first "wireless" transmission.
1897 Marconi Co sends the first ship-to-shore message 12 miles. 1899
Mar 3 the ship "East Goodwin" is save after sending the distress signal
"HELP".
1858 Aug 16 the first transatlantic telegraph cable is an undersea
cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications
was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field,
Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content
in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16,
1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europe
from ten days.
1969 October 29 The birth of the Internet. First message from
computer to computer in different locations. UCLA student Charley Kline
attempts to transmit the text "login" to a computer at the Stanford
Research Institute over the first link on the ARPANET, which was the
precursor to the modern Internet. After the letters "l" and "o" are sent
the system crashed, making the first message ever sent on the Internet
"lo" and the first crash of the system. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 December A.D. 1969 / 2 January A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The First Pacific Area Bahá'í Youth Conference takes place in Apia, Western Samoa. [BW15:329–30]
- For picture see BW15:330.
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The first Gypsy in Spain to become a Bahá'í, Maria Camacho Martinez, enrols in Sabadell. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The first native of Mauritania to become a Bahá'í enrols. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
A Bahá'í International Youth Conference is held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. |
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• 126 B.E.
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• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
Botswana holds its first National Youth School. [BW15:329] |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Ṭihrán undergoes major repair and a fundamental restoration of both exterior and interior parts. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970 / early 1971
• A.M. |
Over 20,000 Afro-Americans from the rural areas of the south-eastern United States become Bahá'ís. [BBRSM187] |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The passing of Florence Evaline (Lorol) Schopflocher in Montreal (b.1886)
- Wife of Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher. For his "In Memoriam" see BW7p664.
- She circled the globe nine times on travel teaching tours and
visited some 86 countries, many of them multiple times. She travelled to
Iran twice visiting parts not previously visited by Western Bahá'ís.
- She visited the Guardian 11 times.
- She had several audiences with King Feisal in Iraq and discussed the question of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád with him.
- Favourite themes for her public talks were the World Order letters
of Shoghi Effendi and the emancipation and education of women.
- She is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. "A radiant star went from the West to the East." [BW15p488-489
- Find a grave
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 January A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
Valde Nyman, the first full Gypsy in Finland to become a Bahá'í, enrols in Helsinki. |
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• 126 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 February A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The passing of Curtis Demude Kelsey (b. 6 March, 1894 in Salt Lake City, UT) in Bradenton, FL.
- He became a Bahá'í in 1917 through the influence of his mother, a talented poetess and writer who learned of the Faith in 1909.
- Roy Wilhelm had sent three generators to the Holy Land and had
asked permission from 'Abdu'l-Bahá to have Curtis come and install them.
His request was granted and Curtis spent from September, 1921 until
April, 1922 in the Holy Land. The units were installed at the Shrine of
the Báb, (See SETPE1p38) at Bahjí (See SETPE1p55) and at the home of
'Abdu'l-Bahá at #7 Haparsin Street and the work was completed at all
three locations on the last day of Ridván, 1922.
- On the 6th of August, 1928 he married Harriet Morgan Kelsey (d.
18 March, 1971), a gifted musician and the a teacher. They raised four
children.
- In 1953 while on pilgrimage Shoghi Effendi asked him to extend
his stay to install a pump and watering system for the grounds at Bahjí.
- He served on the Spiritual Assembly of West Englewood (now Teaneck) for some 30 years.
- Curtis spent some time serving as an Auxiliary Board Member and gave talks at summer schools.
- He passed away while serving at his place of retirement in Bradenton Florida.
[BW15p468-473]
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