- 1954-04-00 — Robert B. Powers, Jr., a member of the U.S. armed forces at the Navy Air Station, arrived in Guam and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Mariana Islands.
On May 2, 1954, Cynthia R. Olson arrived on Guam in response to the call from Shoghi Effendi; becoming the first permanent Bahá’í Settler in the Mariana Islands.
Antonio Alfonso, the first Filipino national to embrace the Faith, became a Bahá’í on 19 March 1956, and Joe Erie Ilengelkei of Palau, Western Caroline Island became the first Micronesian to accept Bahá’u’lláh when he became a member of the Bahá’í Faith on 7 April 1956.
[BW13:454; Marianas Bahá'í Community website] - 1954-05-02 — Cynthia R. Olson of Wilmington, Delaware, settled in Barrigada, the largest village in Guam, and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Mariana Islands. [BW13:454; BWNS303]
- 1955-03-14 — The first person to become a Bahá'í in Guam, Charles T. Mackey, a United States civil service employee, enrolled.
- 1956-04-21 — With the enrolment of the first Micronesian Bahá'í, the first local spiritual assembly of Guam was formed.
- 1956-04-21 — Formation of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Guam.
- 1966-00-00 — Jesus Bias Manibusan of Sinajana, Guam, the first Chamorro to become a Bahá'í, enrolled.
- 1971-04-21 — The first local spiritual assemblies in Guam were formed in Dededo, Inarajan, Mangilao and Tamuning.
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