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1944 (In the year) 194-	As early as 1944 Mr. Rajab–Ali Vahdat, an agronomist of Iranian origin was the first Bahá'í to settle in what is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the company of his wife of Belgian nationality. They settled in the city of Kabongo, then in the city of Kamina in what is now Upper Katanga. [bahai.org]	Kabongo, Democratic Republic of Congo; Kamina, Democratic Republic of Congo; Rajab-`Alí Vahdat	first pioneer to settle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1944 (In the Year) 194-	The publication of The Divine Art of Living: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá by the Chicago Publishing Committee. It was compiled by Mabel Hyde Paine. The book saw four revisions and up until 2006 and is still being reprinted. [Collins4.114 - 4.117] In 1977 the study guide, Seven Round Table Discussions Based on The Divine Art of Living by Marian Crist Lippitt was published by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette, IL. [Collins7.1407 - 7.1410] The book was transcribed by Mary Francis Baral and published by the Bahá'í Service for the Blind in Los Angeles in 1962. [Collins8.55] The title was borrowed from a previous compilation by Mary M. Rabb that appeared in the Star of the West and then published bound in leather. It was also serialized in World Order in the early 1940's.	Chicago, IL; Divine Art of Living (book); Mabel Hyde Paine; Marian Crist Lippitt; Mary Francis Baral
1944 (In the year) 194-	The first Bahá'ís arrived in the Mariana Islands. Joseph F. Peter and Joseph Tierno, United States servicemen, were based on Saipan, 1944–5.	Joseph F. Peter; Joseph Tierno; Saipan, Mariana Islands	first Bahá’ís in Mariana Islands
1944 (In the year) 194-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Australia was incorporated.	Australia; National Spiritual Assembly, incorporation
1944 (In the year) 194-	A Bahá'í committee in Tihrán identified the House of Bahá'u'lláh in the city and purchased it.	House of Bahá'u'lláh (Tihran); Iran; Purchases and exchanges; Tehran, Iran
1944 (In the year) 194-	Hand of the Cause Collis Featherstone and his wife, Madge, were introduced to the Bahá'í Faith by Bertha and Joe Dobbins in Adelaide, Australia. They became Bahá'ís later in the year.	Adelaide, Australia; Australia; Bertha Dobbins; Collis Featherstone; Joe Dobbins; Madge Featherstone
1944 (In the year) 194-	Gerardo Vega, of Costa Rica, was the first Latin-American native to pioneer when he began work in Panama. [BN No 171 November 1944 p4-5]	- Pioneers; Costa Rica; Gerardo Vega; Panama	Gerardo Vega, of Costa Rica, was the first Latin-American native to pioneer when he began work in Panama.
1944 (In the year) 194-	In Iran a Central Women's Progress Committee was formed to organize women's activities throughout the country. Some of the fundamental tasks accomplished by this committee and its supportive bodies in various localities included holding the first convention of Anjoman-e Tarraqī-e Neswān (Society for the Advancement of Women) in 1947 in Tehran following which local and regional conferences, educational gatherings, and regular classes for illiterate women were conducted. As a result of continued effort and educational training, particularly during the Four Year Plan (1946-1950) the Bahá'í Persian women were enabled to acquire sufficient self-confidence and social recognition to fill elective and appointive offices in the community. [BW11p563; BW12p65; BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati]	Central Womens Progress Committee (Iran); Iran; Social and economic development; Society for the Advancement of Women; Women


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