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• 133 B.E.
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• 24 / 25 March A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
The first Continental Youth Conference of Western Asia takes place in Karachi, Pakistan. [BW16:265] |
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• 133 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 April A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin – d. April 24, 1976 Basel, Switzerland) [Bahá'í News page 341, Wiki, VV119]
- He had been introduced to the Faith by Bernard Leach. [OPOP223]
- Another version is that In 1918 Mark Tobey came in contact with
Juliet Thompson and posed for her. During the session Tobey read some
Bahá'í literature and accepted an invitation to Green Acre where he
converted. [Seitz, William Chapin (1980). Mark Tobey. Ayer Publishing. p. 44]
- Tobey was one of the twentieth century's most cosmopolitan of
artists. An inveterate traveler—he eventually settled in Basel,
Switzerland—he was always better known in Europe than in his homeland.
His mature ‘white writing' works are made up of pulsing webs of lines
inspired by oriental calligraphy, explicitly acknowledged the direct
influence of the Baha'i Faith on his painting. It has been said that
Tobey "made line the symbol of spiritual illumination, human
communication and migration, natural form and process, and movement
between levels of consciousness." He often stated, "that there can be
no break between nature, art, science, religion, and personal life".
- See Bahá'í World 1994-95 pg248 for an article by Anne Boyles
entitled "The Language of the Heart: Arts in the Bahá'í World Community"
for mention of Mark Tobey.
- For his obituary see BW17:401–4.
- Towards the end of his life, Tobey was the recipient of some of the
highest distinctions that the European art scene of his time could
bestow. He won the gold medal at the Venice Biennale in 1958—the first
American painter to do so since 1895. In 1961, a major retrospective of
his work was held at the Louvre in Paris, an unprecedented achievement
for a living and American artist.
- See The Journal of Bahá'í Studies, Volume 26, number 4 – Winter 2016 p94 for an article by Anne Gordon Perry entitled Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit.
- An exhibition, Mark Tobey: Threading Light showed at the
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 6 May to 10 September 2017 and at
the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover,
Massachusetts, 4 November 2017–11 March 2018.
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• 133 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
Bahá'í activities in Mali are
restricted by order of the government and the decree of recognition of
the Faith suspended. [BW17:81] |
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• 133 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 May A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
Saichiro Fujita, the second Japanese to become a Bahá'í, passes away in Haifa. [BW17:406]
- For his obituary see BW17:406–8.
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• 133 B.E.
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• 5 / 8 July A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
An International Teaching Conference is held in Helsinki, Finland, attended by some 950 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:129–30.
- For pictures see BW17:109, 112, 114–15.
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• 133 B.E.
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• 9 / 11 July A.D. 1976
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An International Youth Conference is held in Ivory Coast, attended by nearly 200 Bahá'ís. [BW17:150, 153] |
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• 133 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 / 25 July A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
An International Teaching Conference is held in Anchorage, Alaska, attended by 1,005 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:130–1.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 113, 116–17.
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• 133 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 / 6 August A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
An International Teaching Conference is held in Paris, attended by some 5,700 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; DM416; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:131–2.
- For the message of Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, see BW17:140.
- For pictures see BW17:109, 117–19.
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• 133 B.E.
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• 12 September A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa visits the resting place of Shoghi Effendi. [BW17:69; VV22] |
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• 133 B.E.
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• 15 / 17 October A.D. 1976
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An International Teaching Conference is held in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by 1,363 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:133–4.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 119–21.
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• 133 B.E.
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• 6 / 7 November A.D. 1976
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The first Canadian Bahá'í Native Council is held in Tyendinaga, Ontario. [BW17:162] |
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• 133 B.E.
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• 27 / 30 November A.D. 1976
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An International Teaching Conference is held in Hong Kong, attended by 506 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:135–6.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 111, 121–2.
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• 133 B.E.
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• December A.D. 1976
• A.M. |
The first Bahá'í Winter School in Cyprus is held in Nicosia. |
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• 133 B.E.
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• 27 December A.D. 1976
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The first local spiritual assembly in Dominica is formed in St George. |
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• 133 B.E.
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• A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í Faith, along with many other religious groups, are banned in Uganda. [BWNS135] |
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• 133 B.E.
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• A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Thailand is re-formed. |
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• 133 B.E.
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• A.D. 1977
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The first Macuxi people to become Bahá'ís enrol in the northern state of Roraima, Brazil. |
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• 133 B.E.
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• A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The Hemispheric Bahá'í Radio and Television Conference is held in Panama, with 125 participants from 24 countries. [BW17:219] |
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• 133 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 / 22 January A.D. 1977
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An International Teaching Conference is held in Auckland, New Zealand, attended by 1,195 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:136–7.
- For pictures see BW17:111, 122–4.
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• 133 B.E.
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• 27 / 30 January A.D. 1977
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An International Teaching
Conference is held in Bahia, Brazil, attended by 1,300 Bahá'ís, the
largest such gathering of Bahá'ís to date in Brazil. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:137–8.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 124–5.
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• 133 B.E.
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• 4 / 6 February A.D. 1977
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An International Teaching Conference is held in Mérida, Mexico, attended by more than 2,000 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:139.
- Three
Hands of the Cause were present – Paul Haney, Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, and
Enoch Olinga, as well as Counsellor Florence Mayberry who had been on
the first national assembly of Mexico.
- For pictures see BW17:112, 126–7.
- VV33 says this was 2–6 Feb.
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