| |
[ 46 Articles ] |
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• April / August A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
More than 6,000 people become Bahá'ís in Bolivia. [BW15:232] |
 |
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
In its Ridván Message the Universal
House of Justice announced the appointment of three additional
Councillors, Iraj Ayman in Western Asia, Anneliese Bopp and Betty Reed
in Europe and some 45 additional Auxiliary Board Members, 9 in Africa,
16 in Asia, 2 in Australasia and 18 in the Western Hemisphere. [Ridván 1970] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Botswana is formed with its seat in Gaborone. [BW15:199]
- For picture see BW15:144.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger is formed with its seat in Cotonou, Dahomey. [BW15:189]
- For picture see BW15:144.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Nigeria is formed. [BW15:192] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Upper West Africa is formed with its seat in Banjul, The Gambia. [BW15:193]
- For picture see BW15:147.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Samoa is formed with its seat in Apia. [BW15:274]
- For picture see BW15:146.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Central Africa is formed with its seat in Bangui. [BW15:206] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Zaire is formed with its seat in Kinshasa. [BW15:205]
- For picture see BW15:147.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Rhodesia is formed. [BW15:200] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana is formed with its seat in Georgetown, Guyana. [BW15:238]
- For picture see BW15:144.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Malawi is formed with its seat in Limbe. [BW,5:201]
- For picture see BW15:146.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Fiji is formed with its seat in Suva. [BW15:271] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The first Local Spiritual Assembly of Nouakchott, Mauritania is formed. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Tonga and the Cook Islands is formed with its seat in Nuku'alofa. [BW15:275]
- For picture see BW15:146.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Ghana is formed with its seat in Accra. [BW15:192]
- For picture see BW15:144.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
In Iraq the Baathist Revolutionary
Command Council issued Decree No. 105 to ban Bahá'í activities and
disbanding all Bahá'í institutions. [BBRSM174; BW15:173; BW16:137] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
One thousand Guajiro Indians become Bahá'ís in Venezuela. [BW15:241] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 May A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) of the United Nations approves the recommendation by the
Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations of February 12 1970, that
the Baha'i International Community be granted consultative status with
the United Nations Economic and Social Council. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 May A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í International Community
is granted consultative status, category II, by the Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations [BBRSM149; BW15:178, 366;
BW16:333; BW19:30; VV54]
- As a result, the Bahá'í International
Community begins to be represented at sessions of UN bodies addressing a
wide range of issues of particular interest to Bahá'ís, including human
rights, social development, status of women, environment, human
settlements, agriculture, science and technology, new and renewable
resources, population, law of the sea, crime prevention, narcotic drugs,
children, youth, the family, disabled persons, the ageing, the United
Nations University and disarmament.
- At such sessions the Bahá'í International Community offers statements on the Bahá'í position on the subject under discussion.
- Prior to this date individuals were accredited as "observer"
representatives of the "Bahá'í International Community" which originally
had been established in 1947 under the auspices of the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Individuals who
served as observer representatives on a part-time basis were Mildred
Mottahedeh, Dr Ugo Giachery, John Ferraby, 'Azíz Navidi and Dr Amin
Banáni among others. In 1963 the responsibility for the BIC was
transferred to the Universal House of Justice and in 1965 permanent
offices were established in New York with a full-time representative
appointed. The first representative was Mildred Mottahedeh who soon
asked to be replaced. Dr Victor de Arujo served for 23 years until his
retirement in January, 1991. [BW15p358-367]
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 15 June A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
Worldwide Bahá'í Statistics [CBN248February1971p11]
Countries opened to the Faith:
Independent countries 134
Significant territories and islands 179
Total 373
Number of localities where Bahá'ís reside 43,341
Number of local spiritual assemblies 10,318 |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 / 21 June A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum interrupts her
African teaching safari to meet with more than 2,000 youth at the
National Youth Conference in the United States. [BW15:331; VV10] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 June A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The centenary of the death of Mírzá
Mihdí is commemorated with a day of prayer by Bahá'ís around the world
and in the Holy Land with a pilgrimage to the barracks in ‘Akká, Bahjí
and to his monument. [BW15:162–3] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 August A.D. 1970 / 5 September A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
Eight Oceanic and Continental Conferences are held. BW15:296–323]
- For many pictures see BW15:296–316.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 / 16 August A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The Continental Conference is held in La Paz, Bolivia. [BW15:317; VV5]
- For pictures see BW15:301–2.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 / 16 August A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The Oceanic Conference of the Indian Ocean is held in Rose Hill, Mauritius. [BW15:317; VV5]
- For pictures see BW15:299–301.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 November A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís in the Central African
Republic are arrested at a meeting to commemorate the anniversary of the
birth of Bahá'u'lláh and Bahá'í activities are banned when a
disaffected Bahá'í denounces the Faith as a political movement to the
authorities. [BW15:207] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
Canadian Bahá'ís hold a Victory Conference in Iceland to prepare the community to achieve assembly status in 1972. [BW15:335] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 December A.D. 1970
• A.M. |
The government of Taiwan grants Certificate of Registration to register the Bahá'í Faith as a religion. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 December A.D. 1970 / 3 January A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The First International Bahá'í
Youth Winter School takes place in Salzburg, Austria, attended by 600
people from 25 countries. [BW15:332]
- For picture see BW15:332.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
Following the prohibition of Bahá'í
activity in Egypt in 1960, Egyptian Bahá'ís put forward a petition to
the Supreme Constitutional Court seeking to overturn the presidential
decree as unconstitutional. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first summer school in Singapore is held. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Mali is formed in Bamako. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first three people to become Bahá'ís in Guinea enrol. [BINS45] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first Amerindian to become a Bahá'í in French Guiana enrols. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first Gypsies, six adults and six youth, to become Bahá'ís in France enrol at a campsite near Le Bourget airport. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first Pingelapese to become a Bahá'í enrols in the East Caroline Islands. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
Over 500 people become Bahá'ís in Bangladesh. [BINS86] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The ‘Lake Victoria Plan', a joint
venture among the National Spiritual Assemblies of Uganda, Kenya,
Tanzania and Burundi designed to carry the Faith to all the peoples and
tribes living within Africa's largest lake basin, is inaugurated at the
suggestion of Hand of the Cause Dr Muhájir. [DM96–8] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Ciskei is formed in Mdantsane. |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
Thirty people enrol in Iceland as a
result of the Victory Conference held in December, doubling the number
of Icelandic believers. [BW15:335] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 / 3 January A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The Oceanic Conference of the South China Seas is held in the Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore. [BW15:319; VV5]
- For pictures see BW15:302–3 and VV6.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 / 3 January A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The Continental Conference of Africa is held in Monrovia, Liberia. [BW15:318; VV5]
- For pictures see BW15:304–5.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 January A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The passing of Agnes Baldwin
Alexander, Hand of the Cause; "the daughter of the Kingdom", and "the
beloved maid-servant of the Blessed Perfection" (‘Abdu'l-Baha); the only
Hand of the Cause mentioned in the Tablets of the Divine Plan; The
first Baha'i to set foot on Hawaiian soil; the first Baha'i to settle in
Japan; and the first Baha'i to teach the Faith in Korea passes away in
Honolulu. (b. 21 July 1875) [BW15:423; VV8]
- She was appointed a Hand of the Cause on the 27th of March, 1957
after the passing of Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend.
[MoCxxiv]
- For her obituary see BW15:423–30.
- See Life of Agnes Alexander by Duane Troxel.
|
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 February A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
The Montreal Municipality issues a
permit recognizing the Maxwell home as a Bahá'í Shrine after nine years
of negotiations and delays. With this struggle came a hidden blessing.
For years the Shrine had been used as a Bahá'í Centre by the Montreal
community, open also to friends of the area as a place to hold public
meetings, open Feasts, and certain activities not always suited to it as
a Shrine. The realization is made that it is a National Bahá'í Shrine
and as such should not be used as a centre. [CBNApril1971p10] |
|
|
• 127 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 February A.D. 1971
• A.M. |
Following the ban imposed by the
government of the Central African Republic on Bahá'í activities in
November 1970 and subsequent representations made by the international
Bahá'í lawyer Dr Aziz Navidi, the ban is lifted and the Bahá'í Faith
officially recognized.
- This is broadcast in every news bulletin
on government radio for the next 24 hours, the first public proclamation
of the Bahá'í Faith in the country.
|
| |
|
