1942
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1942 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE), the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade. 1942 corresponds to the years 98–99 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- October 16: Marion Lord Maxwell becomes the first Jamaican Bahá’í.[1]
- November 16: Manuel Bergés Chupani becomes probably the first Dominican Bahá’í.[1]
- December 18: After receiving government permission to establish a cemetery the National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt transfers the remains of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and Lua Getsinger to the new Bahá’í cemetery.[1]
Establishments[edit]

Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Americas[edit]
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2]
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[3]
- Puntarenas, Costa Rica.[4]
- Havana, Cuba.[5]
- San Salvador, El Salvador.[6]
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[7]
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras.[8]
- Puebla, Mexico.[9]
- Montevideo, Uruguay.[10]
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.[11]
- Arlington, Virginia, USA.[12]
Australasia[edit]
- Caringbah, NSW, Australia.[13]
Asia[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- May 25: Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'd, Egyptian Bahá’í who was posthumously named a Hand of the Cause.
- July 3: Oswald Whitaker, the first Australian Bahá’í.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://bahai-library.com/chronology/1942
- ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, pp 177
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 155, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 157, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 157, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1943). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 162, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 157, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (July, 1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 154, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/hassall_outpost_world_religion
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Baha'i News (1943). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 164, Pg(s) 18. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol5/indiabf.htm
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1952?). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 11 (1946-1950), Pg(s) 495. View as PDF.