Chronology: Date 1966

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date	event	tags	firsts
1966 (Late in the year) 196-	Lorraine Landau arrived on Saba in the West Leeward Islands, the first Bahá'í to settle on the island.	Lorraine Landau; Saba, Leeward Islands	first Bahá’í to settle on West Leeward Islands
1966 12 Dec 196-	The Hand of the Cause John Robarts departed Africa from Cape Town after a stay of nearly 13 years. They were recalled from their pioneer post by the Universal House of Justice to help Canada win the goals of the Nine Year Plan. The objective was to raise 154 local assemblies by 1973 but the count had fallen from 68 to only 50, eighteen less than the number won during the Ten Year Plan and 104 short of the objective. [LNW158]	John Robarts; - Hands of the Cause; Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa; Canada
1966 Dec 196-	A campaign was launched against the Bahá'ís of Saysán, Ádharbáyján, by Mullá Mihdí Sultánpúr. [BW18:391]	Persecution, Adharbayjan; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Saysan, Iran; Azerbaijan
1966 7 Nov 196-	The first local spiritual assembly in Niger was formed in Niamey.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Niamey, Niger	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Niger
1966 27 Oct 196-	The passing of Loulie Albee Mathews (b. October 12, 1869, New Castle, New Hampshire) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was buried in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum, Colorado Springs, Colorado. [Wikitree] She was the author of Not Every Sea Hath Pearls, My Friendly Enemy - Life, and So Early in the Morning (1953) which was her memoirs of a childhood spent in New Castle, in 1880's. Find a grave.	Loulie A. Mathews
1966 29 Sep 196-	The Bahá'í Faith was officially recognized as a religious organization by the Icelandic government which gave it the right to legally perform marriages and other ceremonies as well as entitled it to a share of the church tax in proportion to its number of adult members. [Wikipedia] The first marriage ceremony was performed in Árbæjarkirkja in a church belonging to the Lutheran Church of Iceland. The choice of the location for the marriage caused some controversy among church leaders. [Wikipedia]	Recognition (legal); Weddings; Iceland	first Baha'i marriage in Iceland
1966 29 Sep 196-	Frances A. Foss, the first pioneer on St Maarten, arrived in Philipsburg.	Frances A. Foss; Pioneer; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. Maarten	first pioneer on St Maarten
1966 11 Sep 196-	The rescue of six Tongan boys from the uninhabited island of 'Ata by Peter Warner and his crew on his yacht the Just David. The boys, all students at St Andrew's College, had stolen a 25 foot whaling boat and, on their first night at sea, had lost the sails and the rudder in a storm. They lost the little food they had carried as well. They were adrift for 8 days without water before reaching the island in June 1965. By the time Warner arrived, the boys had set up a commune with a food garden, hollowed-out trees to store rainwater, a gymnasium, badminton court, chicken enclosures. and a permanent fire. [Wikipedia] This documentary was made in 1966 shortly after the rescue. Here is Peter Warner's own story of the rescue. A documentary has been made of the experience. Here is the trailer. In 1974 Peter Warner was once more in the right spot at the right time, when he rescued a shipwrecked sailing crew on Middleton Reef in the Tasman Sea, with the help of Sione Filipe Totau, one of the Tongans he had rescued earlier. Mr Warner lived in Tonga for thirty years where he became a Bahá'í and help found Ocean of Light International School. His time there was documented in his autobiography called Ocean of Light: 30 Years in Tonga and the Pacific. In the 1990s he moved to the Northern Rivers of NSW, and become a noted macadamia farmer and tree manager near Lismore, before settling in Ballina. This period of his life was covered in his autobiography Twilight of the Dawn. He died on the 13th of April 2021 at the age of 90 after his boat capsized during an attempted crossing of the Ballina Bar in rough conditions. [The Echo]	Peter Warner; - In Memoriam; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Ocean of Light International School, Tonga; Nukualofa, Tonga; Tonga; Ballina, New South Wales; Australia
1966 10 Jun 196-	The Universal House of Justice addressed its first letter to 'Bahá'í Youth in Every Land'. [BW15:324; WG92–7]	Universal House of Justice; Haifa, Israel	first letter to Bahá’í Youth from UHJ
1966 1 Jun 196-	The counter-claim of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States against the followers of Charles Mason Remey restraining them from using Bahá'í names and symbols, was upheld when the Covenant-breakers failed to appear at the trial. [BW14:95]	Charles Mason Remey; Covenant-breaking; National Spiritual Assemblies; Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Criticism and apologetics; United States (USA)
1966 19 May 196-	The first legally recognized Bahá'í wedding in Europe took place in Finland. [BW14:154]	Weddings; Firsts, other; Recognition (legal); Finland; - Europe	first legally recognized Bahá’í wedding in Europe
1966 Ridván 196-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Brunei was formed with its seat in Brunei town. [BW14p99; Ridván Message 1965: Ridván 1966]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Brunei	first NSA Brunei
1966 Ridván 196-	The first local spiritual assembly in Suriname was formed in Paramaribo.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Paramaribo, Suriname; Suriname	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Suriname
1966 Ridván 196-	The first local spiritual assembly in Senegal was formed in Dakar.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Dakar, Senegal; Senegal	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Senegal
1966 17 April 196-	Ivor Ellard, a British resident of the United States, arrived Dominica, the first pioneer to the island. Two days later William Nedden settled on the island.	- First Bahá'ís by country or area; Dominica	first pioneer to Dominica
1966 14 Apr 196-	Jessie Revell, formerly a member of the International Bahá'í Council, passed away in Haifa. [BW14:300] For her obituary see BW14:300–3.	Jessie Revell; - Births and deaths; Haifa, Israel
1966 7 Apr 196-	The passing of Ali Kuli Khan (b. Káshán Persia, about 1879) in Washington, DC. [BW14p351] For information on his burial place see Rock Creek Cemetery. For a short biography and recollections by Ali Kuli Khan see World Order, 6.1 p29-41.	`Alí Kulí Khán; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Washington, DC, USA; United States (USA); Kashan, Iran; Iran
1966 Apr 196-	The goal for the Nine Year Plan for Greenland was to have one group in the capital, Nuuk (Godthab) and a Bahá’í, living in one other locality. At the time Bill Carr, a Canadian Bahá’í, was on the American Air Force Base in Thule as a civilian, and the first Greenlandic Bahá’í, Hendrik Olsen, was living in Sisimiut approximately 600 kilometres from Nuuk. Pioneers from Stockhiolm, the Nielsen family, John and Lotus with children Grace (9) and younger children Lisbeth and Patricia managed to get to Nuuk just in time to fulfill the goal. [BW20p1019]	Bill Carr; Grace Neilsen; John Neilsen; Lisbeth Neilsen; Patricia Neilsen; Nuuk, Greenland; Lotus Neilsen; Greenland
1966 31 Mar 196-	While in the custody of the Portuguese authorities Eduardo Duarte Vieira died in prison in Portuguese Guinea (Since 1974 Guinea Bissau) after twenty days of torture. He was named the first African martyr. [BW14:390, BW16:568; KoB47] For his obituary see BW14:389–90. For the messages to his wife and children he scratched on a biscuit box. See BW14:390–1. See also [A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p5-6]	Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Persecution, Guinea Bissau; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Firsts, other; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau	first African martyr
1966 22 Mar 196-	Napoleon Bergarnaschi, an Alaskan Eskimo, and his three children open St Lawrence Island to the Bahá'í Faith. [BW14:146]	Napoleon Bergarnaschi; St. Lawrence Island	first Bahá'í to settle on St Lawrence Island
1966 11 Mar 196-	Eduardo Duarte Vieira was arrested in Portuguese Guinea on a charge of subversive political activity following a period of increasing pressure and harassment instigated by the clergy. He had been detained, maltreated and brutally beaten on several occasions since becoming a Bahá'í. [BW14:390]	Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Persecution, Guinea Bissau; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau
1966 8 Mar 196-	The second suit brought against the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States by the followers of Charles Mason Remey, who claimed to he the lawful owners of all Bahá'í properties and funds in the United States, was dismissed. [BW14:95]	Charles Mason Remey; Covenant-breaking; National Spiritual Assemblies; Court cases; Copyright and trademarks; United States (USA)
1966 Feb 196-	The first members of the Yao tribe become Bahá'ís in Laos enrolled. [BW14:150]	- First believers by background; Laos	first Bahá’ís of Yao tribe
1966 (In the year) 196-	In 1966, as part of the Lamp Unto My Feet series, an ecumenical religious program that was produced by CBS Television and broadcast from 1948 to 1979 on Sunday mornings, the episode And His Name Shall Be One was aired. The film was used by Bahá'ís throughout the world. [BW14p93]	- Film; - Documentaries; Television; And His Name Shall Be One (film); United States (USA)
c. 1966 – 1967 196-	The island of Niue was opened to the Bahá'í Faith for the first time.	Niue, New Zealand
1966 (In the year) 196-	Mm. Marion Magnée arrived in Mali from Belgium, the first Bahá'í to settle in the country.	Marion Magnee; Mali	first Bahá’í to settle in Mali
1966 (In the year) 196-	Jesus Bias Manibusan of Sinajana, Guam, the first Chamorro to become a Bahá'í, enrolled.	Jesus Bias Manibusan; Sinajana, Guam; Guam	first Chamorro Bahá’í
1966 (In the year) 196-	Tommy Kabu, a prominent person from the village of Ara'ava in the Gulf Province and the first in the Territory of Papua to become a Bahá'í, enrolled. [BW15:459–60]	- First Bahá'ís by country or area; Papua New Guinea	first Bahá’í in Territory of Papua
1966 (In the year) 196-	Florence Parry, the first to become a Bahá'í in the West Leeward Islands, enrolled.	Florence Parry; Leeward Islands	first Bahá’í in West Leeward Islands
1966 (In the year) 196-	In Iraq the national and one local Ḥaẓíratu'l-Quds were seized and the activities of the friends were severely restricted. [Ridván Message, 1966]	Persecution, Iraq


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