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Date 1954-09, sorted by events, descending

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1954 6 Sep
195-
The first people to become Bahá'ís in Bechuanaland (Lesotho), Chadwick and 'Maselai (Mary) Mohapi, enrolled. [BW17:449–52] - Africa; Bechuanaland; Lesotho, South Africa first Bahá’ís in Bechuanaland (Lesotho)
1954 26 Sep
195-
The first native Greek to become a Bahá'í, Emmanuel Petrakis, enrolled in Crete. Crete, Greece; Emmanuel Petrakis first native Greek Bahá’í
1954 -09-17-01
195-
The first Italo-Swiss Joint Summer School was held September 17-24 in Bex les Bains in Switzerland, and was attended by as many as 75 friends. Dr. Ugo R. Giachery, Hand of the Cause, discussed the Ten-Year Crusade, and Prof. Zeine-Zeine of Beirut lectured on the Kitáb-i-Iqán. For these sessions all the friends were together. Smaller groups, by language, were formed for study of Bahá’í Administration. [Baha'i News. Issue 286, December 1954p4]
  • For a photo see Bahá'í News Issue 291 May 1955 p14.
  • Bex-les-Bains, Switzerland first Italo-Swiss Summer School in Bex-les-Bains Switzerland
    1954 17 - 24 Sep
    195-
    The first Italo-Swiss Joint Summer School was held September 17-24 in Bex les Bains in Switzerland, and was attended by as many as 75 friends. Dr. Ugo R. Giachery, Hand of the Cause, discussed the Ten-Year Crusade, and Prof. Zeine-Zeine of Beirut lectured on the Kitáb-i-Iqán. For these sessions all the friends were together. Smaller groups, by language, were formed for study of Bahá’í Administration. [Baha'i News Issue 286, December 1954 p4]
  • For a photo see Bahá'í News Issue 291 May 1955 p14.
  • The first Italo-Swiss Joint Summer School
    1954 Sep
    195-
    Four people had become Bahá'ís in Zanzibar by this date. Statistics; Zanzibar, Tanzania
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