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1944 Apr The first Bahá'í shortwave radio broadcast was beamed from New York towards South America. [BW9:44–5]
  • VV76 says this was 1943.
    		•  Bahá'í Radio; Firsts, other; New York, USA; USA first Bahá’í shortwave radio broadcast
    1944 20 Apr The end of the first Seven Year Plan. Some of the accomplishments of the plan were:
  • Local Spiritual Assemblies were established in every province of Canada, in every state in the United States and in 14 republics in Latin America.
  • Seven National Spiritual Assemblies were established during this approximate period.
  • The exterior of the House of Worship in Wilmette was completed.
  • In North America, 136 LSAs, 197 groups and 1,300 localities were established. [The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2]
    		• Seven Year Plan
    1944 Ridván The Bahá'ís of the British Isles launched a Six Year Plan, the British Six Year Plan (1944-1950). [Ruhi 8.2 p46]
  • The homefront goals were to:
    • To raise to nineteen the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies
    • To double the membership of the community
    • To settle pioneers in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire
    		• - Teaching Plans; British Six Year Plan; United Kingdom
    1944 Ridván The first local spiritual assembly in Jamaica was established in Kingston. Local Spiritual Assembly; Kingston, ON first Local Spiritual Assembly in Jamaica
    1944 Ridván The first local spiritual assembly in Puerto Rico was established in San Juan. Local Spiritual Assembly; San Juan, Puerto Rico first Local Spiritual Assembly in Puerto Rico
    1944 Ridván The first local spiritual assembly in Colombia was established in Bogotá. Local Spiritual Assembly; Bogota, Colombia first Local Spiritual Assembly in Colombia
    1944 Ridván The first local spiritual assembly in Honduras was established in Tegucigalpa. Local Spiritual Assembly; Tegucigalpa first Local Spiritual Assembly in Honduras
    1944 Ridván The first local spiritual assembly in Peru was established in Lima. [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p10] Local Spiritual Assembly; Lima, Peru first Local Spiritual Assembly in Peru
    1944 Ridván The thirty-sixth National Convention was held in Wilmette and hosted representatives of the Bahá'í communities of Central and South America.

    Those elected to serve the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada were: George O. Latimer (Chairman), Allen B. McDaniel (Vice), Horace Holley (Secretary), Louis G. Gregory (Recording Secretary), Roy C. Wilhelm (Treasurer), Dorothy Baker. Amelia E. Collins, Philip G. Sprague, Leroy Ioas. The Assembly appointed Siegfried Schopflocher to serve as the Treasurer of the Canadian Bahá'í Fund. [BN No 169 July 1944 p2; BN No285 Nov 1954 p3-4]

  • Prior to 1944 delegates to the National Convention were chosen from local communities by proportional representation. [BN No 16 March 1927 p1 refers] After this point delegates no longer represented Local Assemblies but were chosen on a provincial (or state) basis. [MA70-71; OBCC157, 174n2]
  • In 1944 there were 35 delegates to the National Convention. iiiii
    		• Conventions, National; George Latimer; Allen McDaniel; Horace Holley; Louis G. Gregory; Roy C. Wilhelm; Dorothy Baker; Amelia Collins; Philip G. Sprague; Leroy Ioas; Siegfried Schopflocher; North America; USA; Canada

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