Chronology: Date 1990-04-2

date	event	tags	firsts
1990 22 Apr	Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries. [Earth Day website]	Earth Day
1990 Ridván	The National Spiritual Assembly of Macau was formed. [BW86-92p164] The following references say that it was formed in 1989: AWH62; BINS199:1; VV104 ;Ridván 1990.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Macau
1990 Ridván	Over the last two years, almost one million souls entered the Cause. The increasing instances of entry by troops in different places contributed to that growth, drawing attention to Shoghi Effendi's vision which shapes our perception of glorious future possibilities in the teaching field. For he has asserted that the process of "entry by troops of peoples of divers nations and races into the Bahá'í world … will be the prelude to that long-awaited hour when a mass conversion on the part of these same nations and races, and as a direct result of a chain of events, momentous and possibly catastrophic in nature, and which cannot as yet be even dimly visualized, will suddenly revolutionize the fortunes of the Faith, derange the equilibrium of the world, and reinforce a thousandfold the numerical strength as well as the material power and the spiritual authority of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh." [Ridván 1990] Over the last two years, almost one million souls entered the Cause. The increasing instances of entry by troops in different places contributed to that growth, drawing attention to Shoghi Effendi's vision which shapes our perception of glorious future possibilities in the teaching field. For he has asserted that the process of "entry by troops of peoples of divers nations and races into the Bahá'í world … will be the prelude to that long-awaited hour when a mass conversion on the part of these same nations and races, and as a direct result of a chain of events, momentous and possibly catastrophic in nature, and which cannot as yet be even dimly visualized, will suddenly revolutionize the fortunes of the Faith, derange the equilibrium of the world, and reinforce a thousandfold the numerical strength as well as the material power and the spiritual authority of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh." We have every encouragement to believe that large-scale enrollments will expand, involving village after village, town after town, from one country to another. However, it is not for us to wait passively for the ultimate fulfillment of Shoghi Effendi's vision. We few, placing our whole trust in the providence of God and regarding as a divine privilege the challenges which face us, must proceed to victory with the plans in hand. (Riḍván 1990 – To the Bahá'ís of the World) www.bahai.org/r/825800151	Entry by troops; Mass conversion; Statistics
1990 - 1992	The launching of a subsidiary Two Year Subsidiary Plan for the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries. [Message 8 February 1990; Ridván Message 1992; BW20p195-224]. Goals were: attraction of numerous supporters great increase in the translation, publication and dissemination of Bahá'í literature the extension of the administrative order in the region by the erection of local and national spiritual assemblies [AWH71]	- Teaching Plans; Two Year Subsidiary Plan; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; Russia
1990 Ridván	The re-formation of the Spiritual Assembly of Moscow with Hand of the Cause 'Alí-Akbar Furútan in attendance. [VV111-2]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly, re-formed; Moscow, Russia; Russia
1990 Ridván	For the first time, two Bush Negro women delegates attended the national convention of Surinam. [BINS226:6]	Indigenous people; Conventions, National; Firsts, other; Suriname
1990 Ridván	Maureen Nakekea and Marao Teem were elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Kiribati, the first indigenous women to be elected to the institution. [BINS224:7]	National Spiritual Assembly; Indigenous people; Women; Islands; Firsts, other; Kiribati; Oceania	first indigenous women elected to National Spiritual Assembly of Kiribati
1990 Ridván	The first indigenous local spiritual assembly of Amazonas State, Brazil, was formed among the Mura tribe in Beruri. [BINS223:71]	Indigenous people; Local Spiritual Assembly; Firsts, other; Beruri, Brazil; Amazonas State, Brazil; Brazil	First indigenous local spiritual assembly of Brazil
1990 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Estonia was formed at Tallinn. [BINS223:3]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Tallinn, Estonia; Estonia	First local spiritual assembly in Estonia
1990 Ridván	In its Ridván message the Universal House of Justice announced that in the previous two years almost two million people have become Bahá'ís. [AWH79]	Statistics; Growth; - Worldwide
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