Chronology: Date 1976

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date	event	tags	firsts
1976 27 Dec 197-	The first local spiritual assembly in Dominica was formed in St George.	Local Spiritual Assembly; St. George, Dominica; Dominica	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Dominica
1976 Dec 197-	The first Bahá'í Winter School in Cyprus was held in Nicosia.	First summer and winter schools; Nicosia, Cyprus; Cyprus	first Bahá’í Winter School in Cyprus
1976 27 – 30 Nov 197-	An International Teaching Conference was held in Hong Kong, attended by 506 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33] For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:135–6. For pictures see BW17:110, 111, 121–2.	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Hong Kong; - Asia
1976 6 – 7 Nov 197-	The first Canadian Bahá'í Native Council was held in Tyendinaga, Ontario. [BW17:162]	Tyendinaga First Nation, ON; Ontario, Canada; Canada	first Canadian Bahá’í Native Council in Tyendinaga, Ontario
1976 15 – 17 Oct 197-	An International Teaching Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by 1,363 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33] For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:133–4. For pictures see BW17:110, 119–21.	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Nairobi, Kenya; Kenya; - Africa
1976 5 Oct 197-	The passing of Adelaide Sharp (b. Texas, 1896) in Tehran. In 1929 she accompanied Dr Susan Moody (77) to Tehran and and took up the position of principal of the Tarbiyat School for Girls (opened 1910). In 1931 she invited her mother, Clara Sharp, to come and live with her. After the closing of the Tarbiyat Schools on the 6th of December, 1934, the Guardian asked her to remain in Persia. She organized study classes for both boys and girls to study English writings such as Bahá'í Administration, The Promised Day is Come, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh and other works from the Guardian. In 1954 the Guardian ruled that women could serve on Bahá'í administrative bodied in Persia. She was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly and served in this role for the next fourteen years. She attended the First and Second International Conventions in 1963 and in 1968. Her five decade legacy of service in Iran included children's education, translating Writings, consolidating administrative institutions, serving as the"external affairs" representative for the National Assembly. Upon her passing memorial services where held in Tehran as well as other centres throughout the country. [BW17p418-420, Bahá'í Heroes & Heroines]	Adelaide Sharp; Clara Sharp; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Firsts, other; Texas, USA; United States (USA); Tehran, Iran; Iran	first woman member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran
1976 12 Sep 197-	His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa visited the resting place of Shoghi Effendi. [BW17:69; VV22]	Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; Shoghi Effendi, Resting place of (London); Samoa; London, England; United Kingdom
1976 3 – 6 Aug 197-	An International Teaching Conference was held in Paris, attended by some 5,700 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; DM416; VV33] For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:131–2. For the message of Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, see BW17:140. For pictures see BW17:109, 117–19.	Kurt Waldheim; United Nations; United Nations, Secretary-Generals; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Paris, France; France; - Europe
1976 23 – 25 Jul 197-	An International Teaching Conference was held in Anchorage, Alaska, attended by 1,005 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81] For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:130–1. For pictures see BW17:110, 113, 116–17.	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Anchorage, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA)
1976 9 – 11 Jul 197-	An International Youth Conference was held in Ivory Coast, attended by nearly 200 Bahá'ís. [BW17:150, 153]	Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, International; Conferences, Youth; Youth; Ivory Coast; - Africa
1976 5 – 8 Jul 197-	An International Teaching Conference was held in Helsinki, Finland, attended by some 950 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33] For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:129–30. For pictures see BW17:109, 112, 114–15.	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Helsinki, Finland; Finland
1976 7 May 197-	Saichiro Fujita, (b. 1886) the second Japanese to become a Bahá'í, passed away in Haifa. [BW17:406; Bahá'í Canada No 294 June 1996 p6] For his obituary see BW17:406–8. 1903 came to California for education. 1905 became a Bahá'í (Mrs. Kathryn Frankland) 1912 joined 'Abdu'l-Bahá's party in Chicago as they were near departure for California. 1919 came to the Holy Land after studying electricity and horticulture. 1928 Shoghi Effendi sent him back to Japan with the war impending. 1955 returned to the Holy Land. Was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery in Haifa. References: Traces That Remain and Japan Will Turn Ablaze	Saichiro Fujita; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Haifa, Israel
1976 May 197-	Bahá'í activities in Mali were restricted by order of the government and the decree of recognition of the Faith suspended. [BW17:81]	Persecution, Mali; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Mali
1976 24 Apr 197-	The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin – d. April 24, 1976 Basel, Switzerland) [Bahá'í News page 341, Wiki, VV119] He had been introduced to the Faith by Bernard Leach. [OPOP223] Another version is that In 1918 Mark Tobey came in contact with Juliet Thompson and posed for her. During the session Tobey read some Bahá'í literature and accepted an invitation to Green Acre where he converted. [Seitz, William Chapin (1980). Mark Tobey. Ayer Publishing. p. 44] Tobey was one of the twentieth century's most cosmopolitan of artists. An inveterate traveler—he eventually settled in Basel, Switzerland—he was always better known in Europe than in his homeland. His mature 'white writing' works are made up of pulsing webs of lines inspired by oriental calligraphy, explicitly acknowledged the direct influence of the Bahá'í Faith on his painting. It has been said that Tobey "made line the symbol of spiritual illumination, human communication and migration, natural form and process, and movement between levels of consciousness." He often stated, "that there can be no break between nature, art, science, religion, and personal life". See Bahá'í World 1994-95 pg248 for an article by Anne Boyles entitled "The Language of the Heart: Arts in the Bahá'í World Community" for mention of Mark Tobey. For his obituary see BW17:401–4. See a brief biography in The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963 p462-464 and for the story of his learning of the Faith, p459-460. Towards the end of his life, Tobey was the recipient of some of the highest distinctions that the European art scene of his time could bestow. He won the gold medal at the Venice Biennale in 1958—the first American painter to do so since 1895. In 1961, a major retrospective of his work was held at the Louvre in Paris, an unprecedented achievement for a living and American artist. See The Journal of Bahá'í Studies, Volume 26, number 4 – Winter 2016 p94 for an article by Anne Gordon Perry entitled Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit. An exhibition, Mark Tobey: Threading Light showed at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 6 May to 10 September 2017 and at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 4 November 2017–11 March 2018. An example of some of his works. See World Order Vol 11 No 3 Spring 1977 for the following articles: The Days with Mark Tobey by Marzieh Gail Mark, Dear Mark by Bernard Leach Memories of Mark Tobey by Firuz Kazemzahed The Dot and the Circle by Mark Tobey	- In Memoriam; Mark Tobey; Bernard Leach; Anne Gould Hauberg; * Arts and crafts; - Painting; Centerville, WI; Wisconsin, USA; United States (USA); Basel, Switzerland; Switzerland
1976 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland and Mozambique was given the added responsibility of administering the Faith in Angola and therefore became the National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland, Mozambique, and Angola. [BN no 608 November 1981 p10]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Swaziland; Mozambique; Angola
1976 24 – 25 Mar 197-	The first Continental Youth Conference of Western Asia took place in Karachi, Pakistan. [BW16:265]	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; - First conferences; Karachi, Pakistan; Pakistan; - Asia	first Continental Youth Conference of Western Asia
1976 8 Mar 197-	The Bahá'í International Community was granted consultative status with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). [BIC History Consultative Status; BW16:337–8; VV54]	United Nations; UNICEF; Bahá'í International Community; New York, USA; United States (USA)
1976 Feb 197-	The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Korea was established. [BW16:237]	- Publishing Trusts; Korea
1976 10 – 15 Jan 197-	The first National Bahá'í Children's School to he held in Rhodesia took place in Salisbury. [BW16:155]	Bahá'í Childrens school; Harare, Zimbabwe; Rhodesia	first National Bahá’í Children’s School in Rhodesia
1976 10 Jan 197-	The most northerly-located local spiritual assembly in the world was formed in the Iñupiat community of Barrow, Alaska.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Superlatives; Barrow, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA)
1976 Jan 197-	Bahá'ís in Jamaica initiated a weekly 15-minute radio programme. [BW16:186]	Radio; Jamaica
1976 (In the year) 197-	Elizabeth Martin with Chris Lyons made a film called Retrospective, a memoir of Hand of the Cause John Robarts. It included his reminiscences of the Guardian and of the early days of the Faith in Canada. [HNWE36]	- Film; Elizabeth Martin; Chris Lyons; John Robarts; - Hands of the Cause; Toronto, ON; Canada
1976 (In the year) 197-	The publication of Selections from the Writings of the Báb compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice and translated by Habib Taherzadeh with the assistance of a Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre. [SWB]	- Selections from the Writings of the Báb (book); Habib Taherzadeh; * Publications; * Báb, Writings of; - Bahá'í World Centre; Translators	first authorized source of the Bab’s Writings in English.
1976 (In the year) 197-	The government of Equatorial Guinea outlawed all religions and the national spiritual assembly was dissolved. It was re-formed in 1984.	Persecution, Equatorial Guinea; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Equatorial Guinea
1976 (In the year) 197-	The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Norway was established.	- Publishing Trusts; Norway
1976 (In the year) 197-	Following the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam, an anti-religion policy was implemented and the Bahá'í Faith, along with all other religions, were banned.	Persecution, Vietnam; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Vietnam
1976 (In the year) 197-	The buildings for two new permanent Bahá'í institutes, at Kilifi and Mugweko, were completed, and the institutes began functioning. A large Bahá'í Centre was built in Nakuru and steps were taken towards completion of another at Tongeren. [BW16p145]	Bahá'í Institutes; Kilifi, Kenya; Mugweko, Kenya; Nakuru, Kenya; Tongeren, Belgium; Kenya
1976 to 1985 197-	British pioneers Ron, Thelma, Simon and Suzanne Batchelor lived in Kathmandu, Nepal. [Thelma Batchelor on Bahá'í History UK]	Pioneers; Kathmandu, Nepal; Nepal


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