1943

Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1943 (Events)

1943 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE), the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade. 1943 corresponds to the years 99–100 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

The Wilmette House of Worship in 1943, the year its exterior ornamentation was completed.

Events

• Margot Vandenbroeck-Levy becomes the first native Luxembourger Bahá'í while living in Chicago.
• The first Local Spiritual Assembly in Jamaica is established.
• Marcia Stewart Atwater becomes the first Bahá’í pioneer to Punta Arenas, Chile.
• January 8: Exterior ornamentation of the Wilmette House of Worship completed.
• April 5: Sir Ronald Storrs visits the House of the Báb in Shiraz.
• May 30: Memorial to May Maxwell dedicated in Quilmes Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Establishments

Local Spiritual Assemblies

Americas

• Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Santiago, Chile.
• Bogota, Colombia.
• Quito, Ecuador.
• Kingston, Jamaica.
• San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
• Alhambra, California, USA (re-established after hiatus).
• Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
• Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
• Boise, Idaho, USA.
• Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
• Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.
• Burbank, California, USA.
• Burlingame, California, USA.
• Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
• Charleston, West Virginia, USA.
• Chevy Chase-Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
• Danville, Illinois, USA.
• Denver, Colorado, USA.
• Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
• Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
• Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
• Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
• Huntington Park, California, USA.
• Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
• Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
• Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
• Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
• Maywood, Illinois, USA.
• Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
• Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• Red Bank, New Jersey, USA.
• Reno, Nevada, USA.
• Toledo, Ohio, USA (re-established after hiatus).
• Topeka, Kansas, USA.
• Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

Publishers

• George Ronald

Births

• January 13: Birth of Universal House of Justice member Kiser Barnes

Deaths

• April 5: Narayenrao Sethji, the first Hindu to become a Bahá'í.
• June 18: Mabel Rice-Wray Ives, early Bahá'í travel teacher and wife of Howard Colby Ives.
• August 16: Sydney Sprague, early Bahá'í travel teacher.

Publications

• The Bahai Songs by Mr. Bhagwandas.
• A Commentary on the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by David Hofman.
• The Victory of the Spirit by Dorothy Baker.

References

• Publications listed in Jan Jasion's George Ronald: A Bibliographic History, accessed online April 30, 2019.
• Bahai-library.com Chronology, 1943, accessed online April 30, 2019