Chronology: Date 1945-0

date	event	tags	firsts
1945 2 Sep	The war in Japan ended.	World War II; War (general); History (general); Japan
1945 14 Aug	The German Bahá'ís, 80 per cent of whom lived in the American sector of occupied Germany, obtained permission to re-organize. [BBRSM185] A US soldier stationed in occupied post-war Germany, John Eichenauer, helped during the first days of the reconvening of the community. The American Bahá'ís sent money, food and literature, and aided them in rebuilding the administrative structures. [BWNS390] Brief mention of this event is made in this film on Vimeo.	Persecution, Germany; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; World War II; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); John Eichenauer; Germany
1945 1 Aug	Initially founded as a hostel for Bahá'í children with sixteen children, what was the New Era High School and Senior Secondary had grown to become a leading international co-educational institution with many hundreds of students. Founded as a separate institution in 1987, the New Era Development Institute had its beginnings as a service project for students in the 1970s and 1980s when the school set up programmes to assist the poor and underdeveloped villages in the region. [New Era High School and Senior Secondary website, Wikipedia, BBD171; BBRSM153] For the history of the school see BW16:320–6.	New Era High School, India; - Bahá'í inspired schools; New Era Development Institute, India; Social and economic development; Panchgani, India; Maharashtra, India; India
1945 Aug	Marguerite Wellby Preston, an English Bahá'í married to a Kenyan tea grower, settled in Sotik, Kenya, becoming the first Bahá'í in the country. [UD484] Until the 1950s she was the only Bahá'í in East Africa. [UD484]	Marguerite Preston; Sotik, Kenya; Kenya	first Bahá’í in Kenya
1945 Jun	The 20 Bahá'ís in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, were a sufficient number for the local spiritual assembly to gain legal recognition for the Bahá'í Faith as a religion. It was registered as a cultural, religious and social organization on 5 August 1946.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Port-au-Prince; Haiti
1945 8 May	The war in Europe ended. For Shoghi Effendi's response see MA80–1, PP185 and UD175. For the war's effect on the Bahá'í community worldwide see BW17:80. See CF36 for Shoghi Effendi's opinion of the significance of the role of the United States in the war.	World War II; War (general); History (general); Europe
1945 25 Apr	The United Nations convened in San Francisco. For the Bahá'í response see BW17:81.	United Nations; San Francisco, CA
1945 15 Apr	Shoghi Effendi sent the following cable to the Bahá'í world: "My faithless brother Husayn, after long period of dishonourable conduct, has abandoned the Master's home to consort with his sister and other Covenant-breakers". [Bahá'í News, No. 174, p.2; This Decisive Hour #141]	Covenant-breakers; Husayn Ali Rabbani; Haifa, Israel
1945 (Ridván)	The first local spiritual assembly of Venezuela was established in Caracas.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Caracas, Venezuela	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Venezuela
1945 (Ridván)	The first local spiritual assembly of Bolivia was established in La Paz.	Local Spiritual Assembly; La Paz, Bolivia	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Bolivia
1945 (Ridván)	The first local spiritual assembly in the Dominican Republic was established in Santo Domingo. There were nine indigenous believers in the city.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Dominican Republic
1945 (Ridván)	The first local spiritual assembly in Ecuador was established in Guayaquil. The founding members were: Eduardo Gonzalez Lopez, Luis Guillermo Molina DeFranc, Emilio Minervini, Jorge Sarco, Jorge Jalón Fer, Juan Luis Aguirre Tarpeau, Mme. Marie Constantine Claudet de Thomas, Else Jorgensen, and Lauro Sánchez. [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p17, 84]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Guayaquil; Ecuador	firstLocal Spiritual Assembly in Ecuador
1945 Ridván	The election for the National Spiritual Assembly was held by postal ballot. The tellers completed their work in the Temple Foundation Hall. Those selected as members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada were: Horace Holley, Dorothy Baker, Philip Sprague, George Latimer, Amelia Collins, Louis Gregory, Leroy Ioas, Allen McDaniel, Roy C. Wilhelm. [BN No175 Jun 1945 p3] The inability, under restrictions imposed by the war, to hold Convention sessions this year challenged the National Spiritual Assembly to maintain the important functions of the annual meeting through other means. Steps were therefore taken to provide for Voting by mail, with a committee of tellers to serve in the customary way, to conduct a public meeting or Bahá'í Congress in Foundation Hall during the Riḍván Period, and to provide the delegates with subjects for written suggestions and views. [BN No 174 April-May 145 p2] For the first time in the history of this Assembly, a postal by-election was held to fill a vacancy caused by the fact that Mr Wilhelm could no longer attend meetings. Elsie Austin was elected as of the 16th of March and attended one meeting before dissolution. [BN No 182 April 1946 p1]	Conventions, National; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Horace Holley; Dorothy Baker; Philip G. Sprague; George Latimer; Amelia Collins; Louis G. Gregory; Leroy Ioas; Allen McDaniel; Roy C. Wilhelm; Wilmette, IL; USA
13 Mar	The murder of Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí (b. Baghdad 1846 d. Mandalay Region, Myammar). He became a Baha'i in 1875 through the teaching of Jamal Effendi. He was nearly 99 years old at the time of his death. [Find a grave] He was born of a noble family from Iraq who had settled in Madras, India where he encounter Jamal Effendi. Together they journeyed to Burma in 1878 and he married and settle in Rangoon. In 1899 he and some others carried the marble casket made by the Bahá'ís of Mandalay to the Holy Land for the Holy Remains of the Báb. After the loss of his wife and his business interests in 1910 he was free to devote his full time to the Faith. He was instrumental in establishing a new centre in Daidanaw in the township of Kungyangoon. Among his many services for the Faith he translated the Writing to Urdu and to Burmese. Shoghi Effendi in a cable dated 10 November, 1945, written on his behalf, described the condition of the Burmese Bahá'ís at the end of World War II. The cable stated: . . . the Burmese Bahá'ís . . . have lost almost everything, including Bahá'í institutions destroyed and, above all, their wonderful pioneer-teacher, Siyyid Mustafa Roumi, was cruelly murdered by Burmese villagers together with a number of other Bahá'ís. But they have gathered in their ruined village, and with the utmost faith and devotion are seeking to rebuild their Baha' institutions; they have already started their school and elected their Assembly. Such evidences of the deep attachment of Bahá'ís to their religion are, indeed, inspiring! . . . The Guardian announced his elevation to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God on the 14th of July, 1945 and made a donation for the construction of his tomb. [MoCxxi, BW10p517-520i] For his obituary see BW10:517–20. For Shoghi Effendi's tribute see BW10:519–20 and DND216-217. Picture of his resting place. See Lights of Fortitude p123-128, See Bahá'í Chronicles. See his biography, Siyyid Mustafa Rumi: Hand of the Cause of God, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh by Iran Furutan-Ali Muhajir.	In Memoriam; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Siyyid Mustafa Rumi; Jamal Effendi; Myanmar; Daidanaw, Myanmar; Thingagyun
1945 (In the year)	Marzieh Gail and her father, 'Ali Kuli Khan made a provisional translation of the Long Healing Prayer that was hand-typed and distributed informally among the friends. [The Long Healing Prayer of Bahá'u'lláh: The Metaphysics of Unity 12.56] See Long Healing Prayer: an early provisional translation by Bahá'u'lláh translated by Ali Kuli Khan and Marzieh Gail.	Healing prayer, Long; Marzieh Gail; `Alí Kulí Khán
1945 (In the year)	See BBRSM166–7 for a chart showing the distribution of the Bahá'í Assemblies and localities in this year.	Statistics; - Worldwide
1945 (In the year)	The World Forestry Charter Gathering was founded in Britain by Richard St Barbe Baker. [VV106; WH75]	Richard St. Barbe Baker; Environment; United Kingdom
1945 (In the year)	Bahá'ís throughout Iran were dismissed from National Teacher Training Colleges by the National Board of Education. [BW18p390]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Iran
1945 (In the year)	The Persian Bahá'í community published several periodicals. One of the most popular, aiming at the educational and intellectual training of Bahai youth, was named Āhang-e badīʿ. It was established in Iran in 1945 as a publication of the Tehran Bahá'í Youth Committee and then became a national magazine which gained the support of 1,200 subscribers in the early 1950s. Suspended for five years (1955-60) due to intensified restrictions by the government, Āhang-e badīʿ was published for more than three decades until it was stopped by the onset of the Islamic régime. [BW12p292; BW16p263; BW12p570; BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati]	Ahang-e badi; Iran
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