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| 1939 (In the year) | Amelia Collins continued to support the spread of the religion in Iceland as she supported the publication of the first translation of Baháʼí literature, John Esslemont's Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era, in Icelandic in 1939. [CBN No 93 Oct 1957 p2Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Richard Francis] | Amelia Collins; * Publications; Publishing; Iceland | ||
| 1939 Date approximate | Honor Kempton opened a bookshop lending library, calling it "The Book Cache". [Bahá'í News No 131 November 1939 pg3] | Anchorage, AK; Alaska, USA | ||
| 1939 Date uncertain | Miss Janet Whitenack, relocated from New York to Alaska, became the first person to declare in Alaska. She had studied the Cause previously in New York. The young woman was a graduate of Syracuse University. [Bahá'í News No 131 November 1939 p4] | Fairbanks, AK; Alaska, USA | First Alaskan Baha'i | |
| 1939 (In the year) | The first Bahá'í of Paraguay, Maria Casati, of Formosa, Paraguay, became a Bahá'í in Buenos Aires. | Maria Casati; Argentina | first Bahá’í of Paraguay | |
| 1939 (In the year) | Shoghi Effendi ordered twin monuments from Italy similar in style to that of the Greatest Holy Leaf and sought permission from the British authorities to reintere the remains of Navváb and the Purest Branch on Mount Carmel near those of Bahíyyih Khánum and the Holy Mother. Marble for the monuments came from Chiampo, Italy as for the Archives Building, the Shine of the Báb, the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, The Terraces project, and the Houses of Worship in India and Samoa. It was cut and chiseled by a firm called Margraf, formerly known as Industria Marmi Vincentini. [DH162; PP259] | Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Mount Carmel, Israel; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Monument Gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Marble; Cemeteries and graves; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Margraf; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel MERGE | ||
| 1939 (In the year) | Emeric Sala gave a talk in Regina proclaiming the Faith for the first time in Saskatchewan. Regina is one of five cities he visited on this business trip. [TG104] | Emeric Sala; Regina, SK; Saskatchewan, Canada; Canada | first public mention of the Faith in Saskatchewan | |
Try also a shorter date like or 1939-00 or 1939-0 try also the Chronology Canada — 1939-00-0 or 1939-00 or 1939-0 | ||||
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