Chronology: Date 1980-11

date	event	tags	firsts
1980 26 Nov	The date, coincident with the Day of the Covenant, determined by the Universal House of Justice to be when the members of the Continental Board of Counsellors will start their five years term of service. [Message from the Universal House of Justice 29 June, 1979, BW19:27]	Counsellors; - Bahá'í World Centre
1980 20 Nov	Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1906) [BW18:659; VV52] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii] For his obituary see BW18:659–65. See Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks, and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi edited by Shirley Macias.	Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; Haifa, Israel
1980 3 Nov	The Universal House of Justice announced that the zones of the Continental Boards of Counsellors will, from the Day of the Covenant of the year 137 (26 November 1980), be as follows: 1. Africa, comprising the areas of the four present zones of that continent. 2. The Americas, comprising the present zones of North, Central and South America. 3. Asia, comprising the present zones of Western, South Central and Southeastern Asia, together with the present zone of Northeastern Asia without the Hawaiian Islands and Micronesia. 4. Australasia, comprising the present zone of Australasia plus the Hawaiian Islands and Micronesia. 5. Europe. [Universal House of Justice Message 3 November, 1980]	Counsellors; Appointed arm; - Bahá'í World Centre
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