Chronology: Date 1954-04-2

date	event	tags	firsts
26 Apr	President of Israel Ben Zvi and his wife visit the Shrines on Mount Carmel, the first official visit paid by a head of a sovereign state to the Shrines of the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [GBF139–140; MBW68; PP2923]	Ben Zvi; - Presidents; Prominent visitors; Báb, Shrine of; Firsts, other; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel	first official visit head of a sovereign state to Shrine of the Báb
1954 Ridván	In Uganda, 2 years previous, there were no Bahá'ís. By this time there were over 700 Bahá'ís, with 24 Spiritual Assemblies. [That Promising Continent 18]	Statistics; Uganda
1954 21 Apr	Bruce Matthews arrived at Goose Bay and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Labrador. [BW13:453] See Bruce Matthews, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Goose Bay, Labrador by Lynn Wright and Susan Gammage.	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Goose Bay, NL; Labrador, NL; Canada
1954 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Algeria was formed in Algiers. [BWIM114]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Algiers, Algeria; Algeria	first Local Spiritual Assembly Algeria
1954 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly was formed in in Usumbura (later Bujumbura, Burundi) and it composed entirely of Congolese. At that time the area was called Ruanda-Urundi. In 1962 Ruanda-Urundi became the two independent states of Rwanda and Burundi. [A Remarkable Response Film 26:55]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Bujumbura, Burundi; Burundi	first Local Spiritual Assembly Ruanda-Urundi (Burundi)
1954 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly was formed in British Cameroons.	Local Spiritual Assembly; British Cameroon	first Local Spiritual Assembly British Cameroons
1954 Ridván	The first all African local spiritual assembly in Tanganyika was formed in Bukoba.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Bukoba, Tanzania; Tanganyika, Tanzania	first all African Local Spiritual Assembly in Tanganyika
1954 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in the Malay Peninsula was established in Seremban.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Seremban, Malaysia; British Malaya	first Local Spiritual Assembly Malay Peninsula
1954 Ridván	Adelaide Sharp, who had been in Iran since 1929, was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, the first woman elected to that body. [BFA2:361]	Adelaide Sharp; NSA; Firsts, other; Women; Iran	first woman elected NSA Iran
1954 Ridván	In his cablegram of October 8, 1952, Shoghi Effendi called upon all 15 "continental" Hands to appoint, during Ridván, 1954, five Auxiliary Boards, one on each continent, composed of nine members each to work as their deputies along with the National Assemblies to assist in the execution of the twelve teaching plans. [BW13p335, MBW44, 63]	Auxiliary board members; Assistants; Appointed arm
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