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| 1940 (In the year)
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A Bahá'í centre was opened in Havana, Cuba, and an organized group was formed. | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Havana, Cuba; Cuba | |
| 1940 (In the year)
194- |
The publication of I, Mary Magdalen by Juliet Thompson. It was a novel with a semi-autobiographical account of her contact with 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [Collins7.2554] | Juliet Thompson; I, Mary Magdalen; New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
| 1940 (In the decade)
194- |
By the mid-1940s Corporal Thomas Bereford Macauley became a Bahá'í in Nigeria, the first Bahá'í in the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Nigeria | first Bahá’í in Nigeria |
| 1940 (In the year)
194- |
Narayenrao Rangnath Shethji, a Bahá'í from India surnamed Vakíl, visited Nepal, the first Bahá'í to do so. | Narayenrao Rangnath Shethji; Nepal | first Bahá’í to visit Nepal |
| 1940 (in the decade)
194- |
The first Egyptian Bahá'í summer school was held in the mid-1940s. | Summer schools; First summer and winter schools; Egypt | first Egyptian Bahá’í summer school |
| 1940 (In the year)
194- |
Marcia Atwater, from the United States, arrived in Santiago, Chile, as the first long-term pioneer. | Marcia Atwater; - First travel teachers and pioneers; Santiago, Chile; Chile | first long-term pioneer |
| 1940 (In the year)
194- |
Eleanor Smith Adler, a new Bahá'í from Los Angeles, settled in La Paz, the first pioneer to Bolivia. | Eleanor Smith Adler; La Paz, Bolivia; Bolivia | first pioneer to Bolivia |
| 1940 (in the decade)
194- |
The first Bahá'ís to reside in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) were Mr Rajah Ali Vahdat and Mme Marthe Molitor. | - First travel teachers and pioneers; Congo, Democratic Republic of | first resident Bahá’ís in Belgian Congo |
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