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1974 1 Dec 197- |
The Bahá'í International Community appointed a representative in Nairobi. [BIC History 1974] | Bahá'í International Community; Nairobi, Kenya; Kenya | |
1974 5 - 16 Nov 197- |
The United Nations World Food Conference was held in Rome. [BW16p344]
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United Nations; Bahá'í International Community; Rome, Italy; Italy | |
1974 25 Oct 197- |
FUNDAEC (A Spanish acronym for Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences) was founded by a group of scientists and professionals led by Farzam Arbab, a renowned physicist who had arrived as a visiting professor to the University of Valle in 1970. The non-profit, non-governmental organization focused on training and development in the rural areas of Colombia and other countries in Latin America. [FUNDAEC website]
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FUNDAEC; SAT (Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial); Colombia | |
1974 13 Sep 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Denmark, with financial assistance from Canada, purchased a Hazíratu’l-Quds for the Greenland community in the centre of Godthaab. [Bahá'í News No 527 February 1975 p5-6] | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Denmark; Canada; Greenland | |
1974 11 Sep 197- |
Annemarie Krüger, a German citizen and a granddaughter of Dr Auguste Forel, arrived in Moldavia (then the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, a part of USSR) on the first of her teaching trips to Chisinau (Kishinev) as a tourist.
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Annemarie Krüger; Moldova | first teaching trip to Moldavia |
1974 28 Aug - 2 Sep 197- |
The conference held in St Louis, Missouri, to launch the Five Year Plan in the United States attracted some 10,000 Bahá'ís, the largest gathering of Bahá'ís to take place anywhere in the world to date. [BW16:203; VV40]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Zikrullah Khadem; St. Louis, MO; United States (USA); Badasht, Iran; Iran | |
1974 19 - 30 Aug 197- |
The 3rd World Population Conference was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Conference was attended by representatives of 135 countries. The debate focused on the relationship between population issues and development. The Conference adopted the World Population Plan of Action, which stated, among other principles, that the essential aim is the social, economic and cultural development of countries, that population variables and development are interdependent and that population policies and objectives are an integral part (constituent elements) of socio-economic development policies. [United Nations site]
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United Nations; Bahá'í International Community; Victor de Araujo; Anneliese Bopp; Marco G. Kappenberger; Andre McLaughlin; Bucharest, Romania; Romania | |
1974 18 Aug 197- |
Laura Clifford Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 30 Nov 1879, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA) passed away in Paris. [BW16:296]
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Laura Clifford Barney; - In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Amatul-Bahá (title); Some Answered Questions (book); Paris, France; France | |
1974 11 – 18 Aug 197- |
The first Teaching Conference of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe took place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. [BW16:110]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - First conferences; Circumpolar regions; Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; Faroe Islands, Denmark; Arctic; Finland; Greenland; Svalbard, Norway; Scottish Islands | first Teaching Conference of Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe |
1974 4 – 8 Aug 197- |
The first International Youth Conference, the largest conference ever held in Hawaii to date, took place in Hilo. [BW16:229]<
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; - First conferences; Hilo, HI; Hawaii, USA | first International Youth Conference in Hawaii |
1974 Aug 197- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Andorra was formed at Andorra la Vella. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Andorra | first Local Spiritual Assembly Andorra |
1974 Aug 197- |
The first Bahá'í to settle on Christmas Island, Stanley Foo, arrived from Malaysia. | First travel teachers and pioneers; Christmas Island, Australia | first Bahá’í to settle on Christmas Island |
1974 13 July 197- |
The dedication of the Bosch Bahá'í School north of Santa Cruz, California. (Bosch Bahá'í School website, Bahá'´News page 716] | Bosch Bahá'í School; - Bahá'í schools (conference centres); Bonny Doon, CA; Santa Cruz, CA; California, USA; United States (USA) | |
1974 9 Jun 197- |
In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iceland, the Universal House of Justice reiterated the laws not yet binding on the Bahá'ís of the West in the Kitab-i-Aqdas. [9 June 1974] | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Iceland; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1974 Jun 197- |
The first Alacalufe Indians to become Bahá'ís enrolled in Puerto Eden, Chile. [BW16:215] | First believers by background; Villa Puerto Edén, Chile; Chile | first Alacalufe Indian Bahá'ís in Chile |
1974 20 May 197- |
The Iraqi military court tried nearly 50 Bahá'ís and handed down in absentia sentences of life imprisonment on ten Bahá'ís, two of whom were deceased and a number of whom were of other nationalities or Iraqis not resident in Iraq.
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Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Iraq | |
1974 May c. 197- |
The first National Youth Conference of Burma took place during the visit of Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum. [BW16:251] | Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; - First conferences; Myanmar | first National Youth Conference of Burma |
1974 23 Apr 197- |
At the trial of nearly 50 Bahá'ís in Baghdád, the Iraqi military court sentenced 13 men and one girl to life imprisonment, one man and two girls to 15 years' imprisonment, and two men and seven women to ten years' imprisonment; 13 Bahá'ís were fined and released. [BW16:138] | Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1974 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Eastern Malaysia and Brunei elected in 1972 was dissolved and re-constituted under the name the National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia and the territories of Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei were brought under its jurisdiction.
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Malaysia | |
1974 Ridván 197- |
The first local spiritual assembly of Kotzebue, an Iñupiat Eskimo community situated north of the Arctic Circle, was formed. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Kotzebue, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA); Arctic | first Local Spiritual Assembly Kotzebue |
1974 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of South East Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) was formed. [Naw Rúz Message 1974; BW16p88] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; South East Arabia; Arabian Peninsula | |
1974 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Hong Kong was formed with its seat in Kowloon. [BW16:233, 251; BWIM114]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Hong Kong | first NSA Hong Kong |
1974 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Japan was formed with its seat in Tokyo. [BW16:233] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Tokyo, Japan; Japan | first NSA Japan |
1974 Ridván 197- |
As part of the the Five Year Plan the Canadian Bahá'í Community was asked to "Cultivate opportunities for courses on the Faith in Canadian institutions of higher learning".
In response the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada established the Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith. From 1974 to 1979 four annual meetings were held. The Association grew in membership, published a series of high quality monographs, initiated work on a textbook on the Faith of university calibre and stimulated formal presentation at universities and colleges throughout Canada.
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Bahá'í studies; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America); Canada | |
1974 Ridván 197- |
The Universal House of Justice launched the Five Year Plan (1974-1979). [BBD181; BBRSM159; BW16:107; VV17]
-preservation and consolidation of the victories won -a vast and widespread expansion of the Bahá'í community -development of the distinctive character of Bahá'í life particularly in the local communities. |
Five Year Plan (1974-1979); - Teaching Plans; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1974 21 Mar 197- |
In its Naw-Rúz Message the Universal House of Justice announced that there would be eight International Teaching Conferences will be held during the middle part of the Five Year Plan; two for the Arctic, one in Anchorage and one in Helsinki during July 1976, one in Paris in August 1976, one in Nairobi in October 1976, one in Hong Kong in November 1976, one in Auckland and one in Bahia, Brazil in January 1977 and one in Mérida, Mexico in February 1977. The theme of these conferences was the urgent need for the Bahá'ís to ARISE to teach the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. (Arise-Reach-Individual-Souls-Everywhere). 14,500 Bahá'ís attended. [Naw-Rúz 1974.] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Arising; Universal House of Justice; - Worldwide | |
1974 4 Mar 197- |
Following the arrest of more than 50 Bahá'ís in Iraq, their trial opened and the Bahá'ís were exonerated.
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Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Iraq | |
1974 Mar 197- |
The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the Philippines was established in Manila. [DM318] | - Publishing Trusts; Manila, Philippines; Philippines | |
1974 7 Feb 197- |
The construction of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice was initiated with the acceptance of the design conceived by architect Husayn Amánat. [BW17:73] | Hossein Amanat (Husayn Amanat); Universal House of Justice, Seat of; Architecture; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1974 4 Feb 197- |
The death of Charles Mason Remey, Hand of the Cause of God (1951-60) and subsequently a Covenant-breaker. in Florence, Italy. (b.15 May 1874) [Wikipedia]
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Charles Mason Remey; Covenant-breaking; Births and deaths; Florence, Italy; Italy | |
1974 1 Feb 197- |
The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau).
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Daoud Toeg; - In Memoriam; Auxiliary board members; Hull, QC; Quebec, Canada; Baghdad, Iraq; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Kurdistan; Iraq | First Local Spiritual Assembly of Hull |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
Oscar DeGruy founded Bahá'í youth workshops to reach disaffected young people battered by racism, gang violence and drug abuse. The groups aided youth to explore the social problems plaguing the world and to identify the spiritual principles that could address them. The groups created dances that creatively addressed different issues, such as ending racial prejudice, substance abuse, and the equality of men and women.
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Dance Workshop; Oscar DeGruy | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The publication of The Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings by Reverend William McElwee Miller. This book was an update of his 1931 publication Bahá'ism: Its Origin, History and Teachings. Forty-three years earlier he had predicted that the Bahá'í Faith would soon only be known to students of history. Now he revised his assessment to say, "Whoever peruses the thousands of pages of the thirteen large volumes of The Bahá'í World will be impressed by the fact that the Bahá'í Faith is indeed a world faith." [MCSp766]
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Criticism and apologetics; William McElwee Miller; Pennsylvania, USA; United States (USA); Marzieh Gail | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
In Cambodia, political upheaval and a ban on the Bahá'í Faith had scattered its communities and caused some believers to be imprisoned briefly. Dempsey and Adrienne Morgan returned in 1971 and discreetly helped facilitate communication among Bahá'ís. Once the ban was lifted in 1974, he assisted in re-formation of several Local Spiritual Assemblies and instituted training classes. The foundation built by the national Bahá'í community helped it endure the devastating upheavals of subsequent years.
[The American Bahá'í, Servants of the Glory page 48]
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Dempsey Morgan; Adrienne Morgan; Persecution, Cambodia; Cambodia; Thailand; - Persecution, Bans | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith was created. [BW16:200]
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Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America); Canada | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Malaysia was established. | - Publishing Trusts; Malaysia | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan was established. | - Publishing Trusts; Japan | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The first Native Council took place in Haines, Alaska, attended by 50 native Bahá'ís. | Firsts, other; Haines, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA) | first Native Council in Haines, Alaska |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
Owing to difficulties within the Bahá'í community, the National Spiritual Assembly of Thailand was disbanded. | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Thailand | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
Owing to the failure of the Indonesian Bahá'ís to obtain religious liberty, the Universal House of Justice instructed that the national convention not be held. | Persecution, Indonesia; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Conventions, National; Indonesia | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The first International Bahá'í Youth Conference to be held in Botswana took place in Mahalapye. [BW16:150] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; - First conferences; Mahalapye, Botswana; Botswana | first International Bahá’í Youth Conference in Botswana |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
As a result of an intervention by the Egyptian chargé d'affaires, Bahá'í activities in Burundi were banned. [BW16:137]
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Persecution, Burundi; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Aziz Navidi; Burundi | |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The National Television Network of Ghana broadcasted an interview with Dr William Maxwell, the first mention of the Bahá'í Faith on television in the country. [BW16:168] | William Maxwell; Ghana | first mention Faith on television Ghana |
1974 (In the year) 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward and Virgin Islands held its first annual National Teaching Conference. [BW16:187] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; Teaching; - First conferences; Leeward Islands; Virgin Islands, US | first annual National Teaching Conference Leeward and Virgin Islands |
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