1956

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1956 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE), the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade. 1956 corresponds to the years 112113 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Entrance to the International Archives Building, 1956.

Events[edit]

Firsts[edit]

Conferences[edit]

Establishments[edit]

National Spiritual Assemblies[edit]

Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]

Africa[edit]

  • Luanda, Angola.[6]
  • Maseru, Basutoland.[7]
  • Mohale's Hoek & Mapholoane, Basutoland.[8]
  • Sephapo's Gate, Basutoland.[9]
  • Mafeking, Bechuanaland.[10]
  • Abou-Qir, Egypt.[11]
  • Khartoum, Egypt (the second Khartoum Local Assembly, covering one of the cities three municipal areas).[12]
  • Asmara, Eritrea.
  • Djibouti City, French Somaliland.[13]
  • Beau Bassin & Rose Hill, Mauritius.[14]
  • Port Louis, Mauritius.[15]
  • Quatre Bornes & Belle Rose, Mauritius.[16]
  • Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia.[17]
  • Bloemfontein, South Africa.[18]
  • Lady Selborne, South Africa.[19]
  • Orlando, South Africa.[20]
  • Rustenburg, South Africa.[21]
  • Sophiatown & Western Township, South Africa.[22]
  • Larache, Spanish Morocco.[23]

Americas[edit]

Asia[edit]

Australasia[edit]

  • Rarotonga, Cook Islands.[54]
  • Agana, Guam.[55]
  • New Plymouth, New Zealand.[56]
  • Wellington, New Zealand.[57]
  • Honiara, Solomon Islands.[58]

Europe[edit]

  • Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands.[59]
  • Nicosia, Cyprus.[60][61]
  • Nice, France.[62]
  • Hannover, Germany.[63]
  • Alicante, Spain.[64]
  • Cartagena, Spain.[65]
  • Lausanne, Switzerland.[66]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh publication of talk given by Genevieve Coy at Green Acre in 1955.[67]
  • Lord of the New Age by Winston Evans.[68]
  • Religion for Mankind by Horace Holley.

Notes[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Baha'i Community of Vietnam 2004, p. 9.
  2. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  3. The Guardian’s Message to the 49th Annual Convention, insert to Bahá’í News, issue 315.
  4. Baha'i Community of Vietnam 2004, p. 10.
  5. Bahá'í News, Oct. 1956, pp.3-4; Bahá'í News Letter of India, Burma and Pakistan, July-Oct 1956 (No.83)
  6. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 9
  7. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 35
  8. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 9
  9. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 24
  10. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 39
  11. Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 315, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  12. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 309, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  13. Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 60
  14. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 67
  15. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 67
  16. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 68
  17. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 125
  18. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 240
  19. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 236
  20. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 327
  21. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 296
  22. Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 297
  23. Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 20
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  25. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  26. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  27. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  28. Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 313, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  29. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  30. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  31. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  32. Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 345, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
  33. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  34. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
  35. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
  36. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  37. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  38. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  39. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  40. Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 311, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  41. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  42. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  43. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  44. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  45. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  46. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  47. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  48. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  49. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  50. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 307, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  51. Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 313, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  52. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  53. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 308, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  54. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  55. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  56. Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 313, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  57. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  58. Bahá'í World: In Memoriam, 1992-1997, p 69
  59. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 308, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  60. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  61. Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 375
  62. Bahá'í World: In Memoriam, 1992-1997, p 95
  63. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  64. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 308, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  65. https://bahai.es/quienes-somos/historia/evolucion-estructura-administrativa/
  66. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  67. Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 72
  68. Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 77

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