Chronology: Date 1958

date	event	tags	firsts	refs
1958 21–28 Nov	The Second Conclave of the Hands of the Cause convened at Bahjí. [BW13:347–8; MoC55-125] It was attended by 25 of the 27 Hands of the Cause. [BW13:347; MoC118] The Hands of the Cause called for the election of the Universal House of Justice at the time of the Most Great Jubilee in 1963. [BBRSM129; BW13:351; MoC122] Picture of the Hands gathered in the house of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.	Hands of the Cause, Conclaves; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Most Great Jubilee; Centenaries; Akka, Israel
1958 1 Nov	The monument marking Shoghi Effendi's resting place was completed. [MC117] Dust from the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh was placed in the foundations. [MC117] li>For a description of the resting place see BBD194–5 and MC135–6. The monument was paid for from a Memorial Fund established after Shoghi Effendi's passing. Money in excess of the amount required was spent on the teaching work and on the construction of the Temples. [MC132] Marble for the monument came from Chiampo, Italy as for the Archives Building, the Shine of the Báb, the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, The Terraces project, the Monument Gardens and the Houses of Worship in India and Samoa. It was cut and chiseled by a firm called Margraf, formerly known as Industria Marmi Vincentini. [BWNS1223; PP450 ]	Shoghi Effendi, Resting place of; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Margraf; London, England; United Kingdom
1958 27 – 29 Sep	The fifth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Singapore. [BW13:331] Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative, attended, accompanied by eight other Hands of the Cause. [BW13:331–2] For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC111–6. For a report of the conference see BW13:331–2.	Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Leroy Ioas; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Singapore; Asia
1958 23 Sep	Chartered planes took the conference delegates to Singapore.	Singapore
1958 21 Sep	Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas arrived in Indonesia and was plunged into negotiations regarding the holding of the conference. He met with local Bahá'ís and anointed them with attar of roses as they passed to the room to view the portrait of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:331–2]	Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Leroy Ioas; Indonesia
1958 14 Sep	A week before the fifth Intercontinental conference is due to convene in Djakarta, Indonesia, the government withdrew the permit to hold the conference. [BW13:331] For the story of why the permit was revoked see DM83–5. The cancellation of the conference in Djakarta began a period of severe repression of the Faith in Indonesia which eventually led to the Faith being banned in 1962. [DM85, 88]	Persecution, Indonesia; Persecution, Bans; Persecution; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Indonesia
1958 25–29 Jul	The fourth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Frankfurt, Germany. [BW13:327] Amelia Collins, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative, attended, accompanied by ten other Hands of the Cause. [BW13:327] For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC102–6. For a report of the conference see BW13:327–9.	Amelia Collins; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Frankfurt, Germany; Germany; Europe
1958 26 Jun	Paul Adams, from Reading, England, having obtained permission to accompany Svalbard's chief hunter on a fishing tour in the summer and to spend the winter with him in Sassen Fjord, arrived in Spitzbergen and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] See also Adams, Arctic Island Hunter published by George Ronald in 1961. iiiii	Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Spitzbergen
1958 21 Jun	The South Australian Government Gazette announced that Mr. Harold Collis Featherstone had been registered as an officiating registrar under the Marriage Act, 1936-1937. This meant that local spiritual assemblies in South Australia could now conduct marriages in conjunction with the Officiating Registrar. [BN No 333 November 1958 p8]	Recognition (legal); Australia
1958 12 Jun	The Custodians released the 'Statement regarding the Guardianship', explaining that Shoghi Effendi had left no heir, that only he could appoint a second Guardian and that the Bahá'ís must dismiss all hopeful expectation that a Will appointing a second Guardian will be found. [MC100-2]	Guardianship; Haifa, Israel
1958 2–4 May	The third Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Wilmette, Illinois. [BW13:323] Hand of the Cause Dr Ugo Giachery, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative, attended, accompanied by four other Hands of the Cause. [BW13:323] For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC90–8. For a report of the conference see BW13:323–5. See Notes by Emma Maxie Jones and Anonymous.	Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Ugo Giachery; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Wilmette, IL; Illinois, USA; United States; USA
1958 May	The first local spiritual assembly in Papua New Guinea was formed in Madina Village, in New Ireland. This was the first all-indigenous local spiritual assembly in the South Pacific.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Madina Village; New Ireland	first Local Spiritual Assembly Papua New Guinea; first all-indigenous Local Spiritual Assembly in South Pacific
1958 26 Apr	The passing of Dr M Khodad Fozdar in Singapore. He was the first Indian Parsi to accept the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh. In 1950 he and his wife Shirin moved to Singapore. He pioneered to the Andaman Islands and became a Knight of Baha'u'lláh in response to the Indian seven-year plan. [BW13p892]	M Khodad Fozdar; In Memoriam; Knight of Bahá'u'lláh; Shirin Fozdar; Singapore	first Indian Parsi to accept the Faith
1958 22 - 25 Apr	The second Annual Regional National Convention for the South American countries of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela was held in Guayaquil. This was the highlight of the year for Ecuador being that it was their first time to host a National Convention. The delegates for Ecuador were: Juan Luis Aguirre and Alberto Carbo Medina from Guayaquil community and Gayle Woolson and Guillermo Sotomayer from Quito. At the time Ecuador still had only two local assemblies, four isolated centers and only two new believers for the year. [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 by Helen Bassett Hornby p96]	Conventions, National; Guayaquil; Ecuador; Latin USA	first National Convention held in Ecuador
1958 Ridván	The first Spiritual Assembly was formed on Terceira Island in the Azores. It was not until December of that year that the first two native believers embraced the Faith. [BW14p317]	Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Terceira, Azores
1958 Ridván	The National Spiritual Assembly of France was formed. [BW13p274] For the message of the Custodians to the French National Convention see MC86–9.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; France	first Local Spiritual Assembly France
1958 Ridván	The formation of the first local spiritual assembly of Taipei. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p25]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Taipei, Taiwan; Taiwan	The formation of the first local spiritual assembly of Taipei, Taiwan
1958 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly of Macau was formed.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Macau	first Local Spiritual Assembly Macau
1958 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in the Kingdom of Tonga was formed at Nuku'alofa.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Nukualofa; Tonga	first Local Spiritual Assembly Kingdom of Tonga
1958 20 Apr	Mírzá Ahmad (Esphahani) Sohrab, the Covenant-breaker who rebelled against Shoghi Effendi, died. [MC90; CBN No 102 July 1958 p1] For the story of his defection from the Faith see CB343–7. He was buried in the Saint Paul Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York.iiiii Bahaipedia.	Ahmad Sohrab; Covenant-breakers; New History Society; Glen Cove; Nassau County, NY; New York, USA; United States
1958 22 Mar	The foundation stone of the first Mashriqul-Adhkár of the Antipodes in Sydney was laid by Hands of the Cause Charles Mason Remey and Clara Dunn. [BW13:321]	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Sydney; Charles Mason Remey; Clara Dunn; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Sydney, Australia; Australia	first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of the Antipodes
1958 21–24 Mar	The second Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Sydney, Australia. [BW13:319] Hand of the Cause Charles Mason Remey, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative and who was the architect of the Mother Temple of Australasia, attended, accompanied by four other Hands of the Cause. [BW13:317] For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC72–5. For a report of the conference see BW13:319–21.	Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Charles Mason Remey; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Sydney; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; Architecture; Architects; Sydney, Australia; Australia; Australasia
1958 26 Jan	The foundation stone of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of Africa was laid by Hands of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and Músá Banání. [BW13:317] The Guardian had sent special gifts to be presented during the laying of the foundation stone. These included a Persian carpet from the Holy Shrine at Bahji, some plaster from the prison of Máh-Kú and a silver box containing the earth from Bahá'u'lláh's Shrine. These last two items were placed beneath the foundation stone by Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and Hand of the Cause Músá Banání. [CG44]	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Kampala; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Musa Banani; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda	first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of Africa
1958 23–28 Jan	The first Intercontinental Conference held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Kampala, Uganda. [BW13:317] Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative, attended, accompanied by Dr Lutfu'lláh Hakím. For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC56–60. For a report of the conference see BW13:317.	Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Lutfullah Hakim; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; - First conferences; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda; Africa	first Intercontinental Conference at the mid-point of Crusade in Kampala
1958 1 Jan	The passing of Lillian Stevens, a founding member of the first Torquay Spiritual Assembly in 1938.	Lillian Stevens; In Memoriam; Torquay		find ref
1958 (In the year)	A new edition of Some Answered Questions was published by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee which resulted in some discussion with Laura Dreyfus Barney. At some point she had given the copyright to the Bahá'í Publishing Committee but she expected to be consulted on matters related to the book. She said that she did not consider Some Answered Questions "my book" but that "it is in my trust". When she received a copy of the new edition in March she made suggestions about the Introduction of the last printing of the book as she did not feel the length and character of the Introduction did not "harmonize" with the text that followed and they did not make any point about the authenticity of the material with was equivalent to a Tablet that had been signed and sealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. She clarified that when posing questions and obtaining the answers she had not wished to trust her notes and that was why at least four people were present during the sessions. She also clarified that all of the talks had taken place in Akka, not in Haifa. Three hundred copies if the book had been printed and it would have been costly to eliminate the Introduction and the dust jacket so a promise was made to include her suggestions on subsequent printings. [LB322-327] This was probably about the 8th edition of Some Answered Questions in English. Subsequent editions were done in 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971 and in 2014 by the Bahá'í World Centre. [BEL3.117-3.130] It had been published in Germany in 1959, the first nine chapters had been published in Korean in 1960 and in Italian by the National Spiritual Assembly of Italy and Switzerland in 1961. [LB236]	Some Answered Questions (book); Laura Clifford Barney; Chicago, IL
1958 (In the year)	Adrienne and Dempsey Morgan went to Vietnam and over succeeding years helped establish administrative procedures among the Local Spiritual Assemblies of Vietnam. For lack of visa they left for Thailand in 1959, staying for two years before continuing to Phnom Penh. They returned to Saigon in 1961 before the end of the year. [Servants of the Glory p5-9; Bahaipedia]	Dempsey Morgan; Adrienne Morgan; Vietnam
1958 In the late 1950's	In the late 1950s a meeting that was held in Famagusta at which representatives of all three main generations of Bahá'ís were present including: Jalal Azal representing the followers of Mirza Yahya (Bayanic), `Ismat and others represented the followers of Mirza Muhammad `Ali (Unitarian Baha'is), and Ahmad Sohrab represented those opposed to any form of administration. One of the aims of this conference was to build a mausoleum over the grave of Mirza Yahya. [The Cyprus Exiles p102 by Moojan Momen]	Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Covenant-breakers; Ahmad Sohrab; Jalal Azal; Ismat; Famagusta; Cyprus
1958 (In the year)	The first Aleut to become a Bahá'í, Vassa Lekanoff, enrolled in Unalaska.	First Bahá'ís by country or area; Unalaska; Alaska, USA; United States	first Aleut Bahá’í
1958 (In the year)	The first local spiritual assembly of Nepal was formed in Kathmandu. Prof. Anil Sarwal says it was 1960-1961 The first Local Spiritual Assembly was established in the capital city Kathmandu in 1961. [Yellow Place]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Kathmandu; Nepal	first Local Spiritual Assembly Nepal
Try also a shorter date like 195 try also the Chronology Canada — 1958 or 195

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