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event |
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firsts |
| 1954 15 Jul |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Macau, Harry P. F. Yim (Yim Pui Foung), a 45-year-old small business proprietor born in Canton, China, enrolled. |
Harry P. F. Yim (Yim Pui Foung); Macau |
first Bahá’í in Macau |
| 1954 12 Jul |
The first South African to become a Bahá'í enrolled in the Faith on this day. [That Promising Continent 20] |
First Bahá'ís by country or area; Pretoria, South Africa; South Africa |
first South African to become a Bahá'í |
| 1954 12 Jul |
Dudley Moore Blakely, an artist, sculptor and designer, and his wife, Elsa ('Judy'), British citizens living in Maine, arrived on Tongatapu and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Tonga Islands. [BW13:456] They shared the honour with Dr. Stanley Bolton. [BWNS286] |
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Tonga |
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| 1954 Second half of the year |
The first Somali to become a Bahá'í in Djibouti, 'Alí 'Abdu'lláh, a 21-year old employee of a commercial firm, enrolled. |
First Bahá'ís by country or area; Djibouti, East Africa; Somalia; Africa |
first Somali Bahá’í |
| 1954 5 Jul |
Violet Hoehnke, an Australian, arrived in Papua New Guinea and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Admiralty Islands. [BW13:449] |
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea |
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| 1954 Jul |
Reginald Stone and Allan Delph became Bahá'ís in British Guiana, the first two people to accept the Faith in that country. |
First Bahá'ís by country or area; British Guiana; Latin America |
first Bahá'ís in British Guiana |
| 1954 Jul |
Dr John George Mitchell, an English physician who became a Bahá'í in 1950, arrived in Malta and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] |
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Malta |
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| 1954 Jul |
José Marques arrived in Portuguese Timor and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] |
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Portuguese Timor; East Timor |
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| 1954 Jul c. |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Brunei, Daphne Hassan, enrolled. |
Daphne Hassan; Brunei |
first Bahá’í in Brunei |
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