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1949 9 Nov 194- |
The Bahá'í International Community, in a letter addressed to Mr Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the United Nation, informed the United Nations of the spiritual nature of the Bahá'í Faith.
[BW12p598-600]
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Bahá'í International Community; New York City, NY; United States (USA) | |
1949 16 Aug 194- |
The passing of Lilian Vaughan McNeill (b.1 December, 1879). In May, 1931 she and her husband, Brigadier General Angus McNeill had taken a lease on the abandoned property at Mazra'ih where they lived until her passing. They had restored the house and property respecting the fact that Bahá'u'lláh and His family had lived there from June 1877 until September, 1879. In 1981 the staff at the Bahá'í World Centre discovered her simple grave in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Haifa and, with the permission of her family, erected a befitting and dignified memorial.
She had been a childhood friend of Marie Alexandra Victoria (Queen Marie of Romania).
During her latter years at Mazra'ih she wrote a series of short stories, some of which were published in the local English-language newspaper. [BW19p779-782]
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- In Memoriam; Lilian Barron McNeill; Angus McNeill; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Mazraih); Cemeteries and graves; Queen Marie of Romania; Anita Graves; Mazraih, Iran; Akka, Israel; Cyprus | |
1949 5 – 7 Aug 194- |
The second European Teaching Conference was held in Brussels. [BW11:52] | Conferences, Teaching; Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, International; - Conferences; Brussels, Belgium; Belgium; - Europe | |
1949 Summer 194- |
Green Acre did not open for summer school this year or the next as an austerity measure so that funds could be directed to the completion of the Wilmette Temple. [SYH236] | Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Green Acre, Eliot, ME | |
1949 30 Apr 194- |
An Act to incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada was passed. The act established the name, named the officers as directors, stated the location of the headquarters, defined the objectives, gave it the right to manage the affairs of the Bahá'ís, to make by-laws and to hold property. It was used as a model for registration/incorporation in other states.
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National Spiritual Assembly, incorporation; National Spiritual Assembly; Firsts, other; Recognition (legal); Canada | first national spiritual assembly to be formally incorporated. |
1949 24 Apr 194- |
The passing of Montfort Mills.
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); - In Memoriam; E. G. Browne; - Births and deaths; Covenant-breaking; United States (USA); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1949 21 Apr 194- |
The first local spiritual assembly of Denmark was established in Copenhagen.
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Local Spiritual Assembly; Copenhagen, Denmark | first Local Spiritual Assembly in Denmark |
1949 20 Apr 194- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Portugal was established in Lisbon. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Lisbon, Portugal | first Local Spiritual Assembly in Portugal |
1949 15 Apr 194- |
Dr M. E. Lukmani, a homeopathic physician from India, arrived in Colombo, the first Bahá'í to settle in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). | M. E. Lukmani; Colombo, Sri Lanka | first Bahá’í to settle in Ceylon |
1949 4 - 9 Apr 194- |
Bahá'í delegation to the United Nations International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations consisted of Amin Banani, Mildred R. Mottahedeh, Hilda Yen and Matthew Bullock. [BIC History 1949} | Bahá'í International Community; Amin Banani; Mildred Mottahedeh; Hilda Yen; Matthew Bullock; Lake Success, NY | |
1949 4 Feb 194- |
There was an attempt on the life of the Shah during a ceremony commemorating the founding of Tehran University. The enemies of the Faith took advantage of the instability to launch attacks against the Bahá'ís throughout Iran. [SCF107] | - Sháh; * Persecution, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1949 21 Jan 194- |
Shoghi Effendi had a private interview with Prime Minister Ben Gurion of Israel. [GBF136; PP174–5, 289] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Ben Gurion; - Prime Ministers; Prominent visitors; Israel | |
1949 (In the year) 194- |
The Misaghieh Hospital was gifted to the Bahá'í community in 1949 by a Bahá'í named Abdolmisagh Misaghieh and was managed by the Bahá'í community.
After the Islamic Revolution, the Mostazafan Foundation – in English, the Foundation for the Oppressed – confiscated properties belonging to members of the Bahá'í community. The Misaghieh Hospital was among these properties. After its confiscation, the hospital's name was changed to Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital. [Iran Wire] |
Misaghieh Hospital, Tehran; Abdolmisagh Misaghieh; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1949 (In the year) 194- |
Agnes Harrison (née Parent), an Athabascan, became a Bahá'í in Alaska, the first Native Alaskan to accept the Faith in the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Alaska, USA; United States (USA) | first Native Alaskan |
1949 (In the year) 194- |
A Bahá'í in Kamshatti, near Calcutta, was martyred by a religious fanatic. [BW11:34] | Persecution, India; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kolkata, India; India | |
1949 (In the year) 194- |
Construction began on the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb. [BBD210]
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Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel | |
1949 (In the year) 194- |
The pamphlet written by by George Townshend to all Christians under the title The Old Churches and the New World Faith was sent out to 10,000 "responsible people" in the British Isles on the occasion of his resignation from the church. [UD470] | George Townshend; - Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Proclamation; Ireland; United Kingdom |
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