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| 1966 (In the year) |
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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| 1966 (In the year) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 |
| c. 1966 – 1967 |
The island of Niue was opened to the Bahá'í Faith for the first time. |
Niue |
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| 1966 (In the year) |
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); USA |
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| 1966 Feb |
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 8 Mar |
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-breakers; National Spiritual Assemblies; Court cases; Copyright and trademarks; USA |
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| 1966 11 Mar |
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]
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Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Persecution, Guinea Bissau; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau |
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| 1966 22 Mar |
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 31 Mar |
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]
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Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Persecution, Guinea Bissau; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Firsts, other; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau |
first African martyr |
| 1966 7 Apr |
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.
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`Alí Kulí Khán; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Washington, DC, USA; USA; Kashan, Iran; Iran |
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| 1966 14 Apr |
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 |
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| 1966 17 April |
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 Ridván |
The first local spiritual assembly in Senegal was formed in Dakar. |
Local Spiritual Assembly; Dakar; Senegal |
first Local Spiritual Assembly in Senegal |
| 1966 Ridván |
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 |
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 19 May |
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 1 Jun |
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-breakers; National Spiritual Assemblies; Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Criticism and apologetics; USA |
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| 1966 10 Jun |
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 11 Sep |
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 |
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| 1966 29 Sep |
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 29 Sep |
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 |
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