Chronology: Date 1951-00

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date	event	tags	firsts
1951 (In the year) 195-	Palle Benemann Bischoff, the first to become a Bahá'í in Denmark, settled in Aasiaat, and became the first Bahá'í to live in Greenland. [MC22] Shoghi Effendi had given Canada the goal of opening Greenland, a seemingly impossible task because it was a closed country in which no one could enter with obtaining permission from the Danish government. See BW20p803-804 for John Robarts role in opening the path for Palle Bischoff. Despite having a degree in commercial science, he began his career in Greenland as a fisherman, later working as a manager in a fishing station, and then opening a ski school. He was best known for being the first person to teach the Greenlanders to ski and for having organized the first ski competition in West Greenland. He returned to Denmark in 1954 where he became a member of the first local assembly of Copenhagen as well as the Regional Assembly of Scandinavia and Finland from 1957 until 1963 when he was elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly of Denmark. He also served as a member of the Auxiliary Board from 1963 until 2000. [BW20 p303]	Palle Benemann Bischoff; Greenland; John Robarts	first Bahá’í in Denmark; first Bahá’í resident in Greenland
1951 (In the year) 195-	By this year the first Canadian Inuit had become a Bahá'í.	First Bahá'ís by country or area; First believers by background; Inuit; Canada	first Canadian Inuit Bahá'í
1951 (In the year) 195-	Bahá'í women in Egypt were extended the right of membership on local spiritual assemblies. [MBW12] Shoghi Effendi called this 'a notable step in the progress of Bahá'í women of the Middle East'. [MBW12]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Women; Egypt
1951 (In the year) 195-	Bahá'ís in Árán, Káshán, Iran, were attacked, and one died. [BW18:390]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kashan, Iran; Iran
1951 (In the year) 195-	Throughout Iran, the government introduced repressive measures against Bahá'ís. [BW18:390] Bahá'ís were dismissed from government positions. [BW18:390] Fifty Bahá'í employees of the public hospital in Mashhad were dismissed. [BW18:390]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Mashhad, Iran; Iran
1951 (In the year) 195-	Shoghi Effendi received the original manuscript of The Kitáb-i-Íqán, in the handwriting of 'Abdu'l-Bahá with some marginal additions by Bahá'u'lláh, and placed it in the International Bahá'í Archives.	International Bahá'í Archives; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Bahá'í World Centre
1951 (In the year) 195-	Muhammad Kayvani was murdered in Najafabad. [Towards a History of Iran's Bahá'í Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran
1951 (In the year) 195-	Portuguese Bahá'ís Mr António and Mrs Ema Rocha, Mrs Guedes DeMelo Rocha and Mrs D. Laura Rodriquez, the first pioneers to Angola, took up residence in Luanda.	First travel teachers and pioneers; Luanda, Angola; Angola	first pioneers to Angola
1951 (In the year) 195-	Khadaram and Parvin Payman were the first pioneers in Indonesia. [PH62]	Khadaram Payman; Parvin Payman; Indonesia


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