A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Chronology - 143 B.E. (A.D. 1986-1987)

Bahá'í Chronology - The Universal House of Justice - 143 B.E. (A.D. 1986-1987)

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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The first province-wide gathering of Bahá'í youth in Northern Ireland convenes. [BINS154:15]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The Seven Year Plan is successfully completed. (1979-1986) [BW19:23] For a graph showing the growth of the Bahá'í Faith in this period see BW19:23. For statistics on the Bahá'í Faith at this date see BINS155:13 and BW19:61–98, 112–46.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The Six Year Plan (1986-1992) is launched. [AWH40, 42–4; BBRSM159; VV91]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • May A.D. 1986 • A.M.	Fourteen State Bahá'í Councils are elected in India by members of local spiritual assemblies. [BW19:162; VV99–100] For a description of the Councils and their responsibilities see BW19:162–4.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • July A.D. 1986 • A.M.	Jack Malardy, 88-year-old tribal leader of the Karradjarrie people of Australia, and his wife Lilly become Bahá'ís in Lagrange, Australia. [BINS156:3; BINS179:1]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 18 / 24 July A.D. 1986 • A.M.	Jack Malardy, 88-year-old tribal leader of the Karradjarrie people of Australia, and his wife Lilly become Bahá'ís in Lagrange, Australia. [BINS156:3; BINS179:1]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 3 / 4 August A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The Honourable Sir Thomas David, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, at his request, consults with the Universal House of Justice at the Bahá'í World Centre about world peace, ‘the most concrete response to date by a political leader to the Peace Statement'. BINS157:1; VV88] For picture see VV86.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 6 August A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The Brazilian Society of Physicians for Peace is formed by Bahá'í physicians in Pôrto Alegre at a ceremony attended by 120 medical professionals. [BINS159:2–3]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 6 August A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The Indo-Chinese Refugee Committee of Thailand estimates that five to six thousand people are Bahá'ís in the refugee camps on the Thai border. [BINS158:17]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 19 October A.D. 1986 • A.M.	Lorraine Kahn of Pine Springs, Arizona, is elected a delegate to the United States National Convention, the first Navajo woman to serve in this capacity. [BINS161:19]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 13 November A.D. 1986 • A.M.	Zikrullah Khadem (Dhikru'lláh Khádem), Hand of the Cause of God, passes away in Skokie, Illinois. (b.1904) [VV123; ZK151] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the second contingent on the 29th of February, 1952. [MoCxxiii] See also Khadem, Zikrullah Khadem: The Itinerant Hand of the Cause of God.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of Mauritania and all ten local spiritual assemblies in the country are dissolved.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 7 December A.D. 1986 • A.M.	Radio Bahá'í Liberia, the first Bahá'í radio station in Africa, makes its test broadcast. [BINS164:6]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 23 / 27 December A.D. 1986 • A.M.	International Teaching Conference was held in New Delhi in conjunction with the opening of the Mas̲h̲riqu'l-Ad̲h̲kár. It was attended by 8,000 Bahá'ís from 114 countries. [BW20p731-753]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 24 December A.D. 1986 • A.M.	The House of Worship in New Delhi, India, is dedicated in the presence of Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum and more than 8,000 Bahá'ís from 114 countries. [AWH47; BINS161; BW19:102 BW20p732-733, VV92] See VV93–4 for pictures. Marble for the House of Worship was cut and chiseled by Margraf, a firm from Chiampo, Italy formerly known as Industria Marmi Vincentini. [BWNS1223]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The establishment of the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) to meet the educational needs of young people who had been systematically denied access to higher education by the Iranian government. [Closed Doors, Chapter IV ]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The Bayan Hospital, the first Bahá'í hospital in Honduras, opens in Palacios.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The first conference on Huqúqu'lláh is held at the Bahá'í World Centre.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The first National Children's Camp in Australia is held in Yerrinbool School with 36 children between 9 and 13 years of age in attendance. [BINS173:10]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The first conference on the production of Bahá'í literature in Spanish is held in Argentina.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The first Pygmy local spiritual assembly in the Central African Republic is formed. [BINS173:1]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 16 / 17 January A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The first Youth Conference of the Bahamas is held with representation from three islands. [BINS173:9]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 26 January A.D. 1987 • A.M.	Charles Wolcott, member of the Universal House of Justice, passes away in Haifa. [BINS162:1; VV97]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 6 / 8 February A.D. 1987 • A.M.	Maori women hold the first National Women's Hui in the tribal area of Ngati Tuwaretoa, New Zealand. [BINS163:8]
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • 24 February A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The Bahá'í Cultural Centre is opened in the Guaymi area of Panama.
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• 143 B.E. • A.H. • March A.D. 1987 • A.M.	The first Bahá'í Winter School held on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, takes place. [BINS164:11]
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