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1958 Ridván
195- |
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
195- |
The first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (the Southern Rhodesia. [KoB111] | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | The first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
1958 22 - 25 Apr
195- |
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; Ecuador; Latin America | first National Convention held in Ecuador |
1958 22 Mar
195- |
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 26 Jan
195- |
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]
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* 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 May
195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Papua New Guinea was formed in Madina Village, in New Ireland.
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Local Spiritual Assembly; New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | first Local Spiritual Assembly Papua New Guinea; first all-indigenous Local Spiritual Assembly in South Pacific |
1958 (In the year)
195- |
The first local spiritual assembly of Nepal was formed in Kathmandu.
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Local Spiritual Assembly; Kathmandu, Nepal; Nepal | first Local Spiritual Assembly Nepal |
1958 Ridván
195- |
The first local spiritual assembly of Macau was formed. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Macau | first Local Spiritual Assembly Macau |
1958 Ridván
195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in the Kingdom of Tonga was formed at Nuku'alofa. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Nukualofa, Tonga; Tonga | first Local Spiritual Assembly Kingdom of Tonga |
1958 Ridván
195- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of France was formed. [BW13p274]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; France | first Local Spiritual Assembly France |
1958 23–28 Jan
195- |
The first Intercontinental Conference held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Kampala, Uganda. [BW13:317]
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Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Lutfullah Hakim; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); - First conferences; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda; - Africa | first Intercontinental Conference at the mid-point of Crusade in Kampala |
1958 26 Apr
195- |
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; Shirin Fozdar; Singapore; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Biography | first Indian Parsi to accept the Faith |
1958 (In the year)
195- |
The first Aleut to become a Bahá'í, Vassa Lekanoff, enrolled in Unalaska. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Unalaska, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA) | first Aleut Bahá’í |
1958 12 Jun
195- |
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 21–24 Mar
195- |
The second Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Sydney, Australia. [BW13:319]
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- 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 (1953-1963); - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; Architecture; - Architects; Sydney, Australia; Australia; - Australasia | |
1958 21 Jun
195- |
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 20 Apr
195- |
Mírzá Ahmad (Esphahani) Sohrab, the Covenant-breaker who rebelled against Shoghi Effendi, died. [MC90; CBN No 102 July 1958 p1]
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Ahmad Sohrab; Covenant-breaking; New History Society; Glen Cove, NY; New York, USA; United States (USA); Biography | |
1958 (In the year)
195- |
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 year)
195- |
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] |
Some Answered Questions (book); Laura Clifford Barney; Chicago, IL | |
1958 In the late 1950's
195- |
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-breaking; Ahmad Sohrab; Jalal Azal; Ismat; Famagusta, Cyprus; Cyprus | |
1958 Ridván
195- |
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 2–4 May
195- |
The third Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Wilmette, Illinois. [BW13:323]
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Ugo Giachery; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Wilmette, IL; Illinois, USA; United States (USA); United States (USA) | |
1958 26 Jun
195- |
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]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Svalbard, Norway | |
1958 1 Jan
195- |
The passing of Lillian Stevens, a founding member of the first Torquay Spiritual Assembly in 1938. | Lillian Stevens; - In Memoriam; Torquay, England; Biography | |
1958 21–28 Nov
195- |
The Second Conclave of the Hands of the Cause convened at Bahjí. [BW13:347–8; MoC55-125]
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Hands of the Cause, Conclaves; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Most Great Jubilee (1963); Centenaries; Akka, Israel | |
1958 1 Nov
195- |
The monument marking Shoghi Effendi's resting place was completed. [MC117]
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Shoghi Effendi, Resting place of (London); Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Margraf; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1958 27 – 29 Sep
195- |
The fifth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Singapore. [BW13:331]
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Leroy Ioas; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Singapore; - Asia | |
1958 23 Sep
195- |
Chartered planes took the conference delegates to Singapore. | Singapore | |
1958 21 Sep
195- |
Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas arrived in Indonesia and was plunged into negotiations regarding the holding of the conference.
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Leroy Ioas; Indonesia | |
1958 14 Sep
195- |
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]
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Persecution, Indonesia; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Indonesia | |
1958 25–29 Jul
195- |
The fourth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Frankfurt, Germany. [BW13:327]
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Amelia Collins; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Frankfurt, Germany; Germany; - Europe |
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