Chronology: Date 1948-04-21

date	event	tags	firsts
1948 Ridván	The first Local Spiritual Assembly was established in Edinburgh, Scotland [SBBH Vol 14 p275]	Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland	The first Local Spiritual Assembly in Edinburgh
1948 Ridván	The first local assembly was established in Geneva, Switzerland. [BQYM201]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
1948 Ridván	The first local assembly was established in Bern, Switzerland. [BQYM201	Local Spiritual Assembly; Bern, Switzerland; Switzerland	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Bern, Switzerland.
1948 Ridván	The first Local Spiritual Assembly was established in Oslo. [BQYM201]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Oslo, Norway; Norway	first the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Norway.
1948 21 - 22 Apr	The 2nd Battle of Haifa: A Jewish offensive to gain control of the strategic port of Haifa. Prior to the 30-hour battle, the Arab population of Haifa was estimated to be 65,000 compared to 70,000 Palestinian Jews. At the end of the operation, the Arab population was reduced to about 4,000 people. [Battle of Haifa]	War (general); History (general); Haifa, Israel
1948 Ridván	The National Spiritual Assembly was elected in the United States. Those elected were: Dorothy Baker (Chair), Paul Haney (Vice·Chalr), Horace Holley (Secretary), Philip Sprague (Treasurer), Elsie Austin, Kenneth Christian, Edna True, Amelia Collins, and George Latimer. [USBN No. 207 May, 1948 p 4]	National Spiritual Assembly of the United States; Dorothy Baker; Paul Haney; Horace Holley; Philip G. Sprague; Elsie Austin; Kenneth Christian; Edna True; Amelia Collins; George Latimer; USA	first National Spiritual Assembly of the United States
1948 Ridvan	The formation of the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Cardiff. See CG9 for a picture.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Cardiff, Wales; Wales; United Kingdom	the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Cardiff
1948 Ridván	The first Bahá'í institution in Italy, the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Rome was elected. See picture.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Rome, Italy; Italy	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Italy
1948 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Spain was established in Madrid.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Madrid, Spain	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Spain
1948 Ridván	The Local Spiritual Assembly of Budapest reformed. The Assembly was forced to dissolve again near the end of 1950 under the new regime. Most Bahá'ís fled the country during or after the Revolution in 1956. [www.bahai.hu].	Local Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly, re-formed; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1948 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Sweden was established in Stockholm. [BW11:689] For picture see BW11p689.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Stockholm, Sweden	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Sweden
1948 Ridván	The first All-Native Bahá'í Assembly was established on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. [BW13:837; CF72] See BW11:536 for a picture. For the role of Amelia Collins in establishing this Assembly see PSBW88.	Amelia Collins; Local Spiritual Assembly; Macy, NE; Nebraska, USA; USA	first All-Native Local Spiritual Assembly Macy, Nebraska
1948 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Ireland was established in Dublin.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Ireland
1948 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Afghanistan was established in Kabul.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Kabul, Afghanistan; Afghanistan	firstLocal Spiritual Assembly in Afghanistan
1948 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Belgium was established in Brussels. [BW11p727]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Brussels, Belgium; Belgium	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Belgium
1948 Ridván	When the state of Pakistan was formed it was incorporated into the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma. The name of the new assembly was known as the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma. This assembly until Pakistan formed an independent Assembly in 1957.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; India; Pakistan; Myanmar
1948 Ridván	The newly formed National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada launched a Five Year Plan (1948-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46; BBRSM158; Letter from Shoghi Effendi dated 14 April. 1948] Some objectives were; - To incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly - To establish national endowments - To increase to thirty the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies - To increase to one hundred the number of localities where Bahá'ís reside - To form a group in Newfoundland - To form a group in Greenland - To enroll (Eskimos) Inuit and (Native Indians) First Nations in the Faith	- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; Canada
1948 Ridván	The Germano-Austrian teaching plan, the German Five Year Plan(1948–53), comprising of internal goals only, was launched. [BBRSM158; The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2] Some goals were: - To double the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies from fourteen to twenty-eight, increasing the Bahá'í membership in each community - To raise the number of localities in Germany and Austria where Bahá'ís reside - To deepen the understanding of the friends in the operation of the Administrative Order - To encourage deeper study of the teachings - To construct the National Hazíratu'l-Quds in Frankfurt - To enrich Bahá'í literature with two publications by March 1949, fifteen by March 1950, six by March 1951 and nine by 1952	- Teaching Plans; Germano-Austrian Five Year Plan; Germany; Austria
1948 Ridván	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Egypt and Sudan launched a Five Year Plan (1948-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46, BBRSM158; The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2] Some goals were: - To raise to nine the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies - To raise to thirty-three the number of localities where Bahá'ís reside - To send pioneers to Tunisia, Algeria and Libya - To acquire property for a Bahá'í school - To issue a Bahá'í magazine - To consolidate the community in Ethiopia	- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; Egypt; Sudan
Try also a shorter date like 1948-04-2 or 1948-04 try also the Chronology Canada — 1948-04-21 or 1948-04-2 or 1948-04

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