1963

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Years:	1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966;
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Media:	1963 (Events)

1963 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1963rd year of the Common Era (CE), the 63rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1960s decade. 1963 corresponds to the years 119–120 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events[edit]

April 21 - 23: The First International Convention is held in Haifa at which the Universal House of Justice is elected for the first time by representatives of fifty-six National Spiritual Assemblies. ^[1]
April 23: The Universal House of Justice sends two Hands of the Cause as a delegation to the State funeral of former President of Israel, Izhak Ben Zvi, in Jerusalem. This is its first official act.^[2]
April 28 - May 2: The First Bahá’í World Congress is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
June 16: The Universal House of Justice announces that it is using the Western Pilgrim House as its Seat with the western and eastern pilgrims to no longer be housed separately.^[3]
September 18: The Bahá’í Faith is officially registered as a religion in Finland.^[4]
December 13: All Bahá’í prisoners of "The Moroccan Case" were set free by decision of the Moroccan Supreme Court after some twenty months.

Establishments[edit]

Bahá'í World Centre[edit]

The Universal House of Justice.

Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]

Africa[edit]

Saint Pierre, Réunion.^[5]

Americas[edit]

Amarillo, Texas, USA.^[6]
Decatur, Illinois, USA.^[7]
Fairfax County, Virginia, USA.^[8]
Frogmore, South Carolina, USA.^[9]
Kettering, Ohio, USA.^[10]
Lane County, Oregon, USA.^[11]
Makah Indian Reservation, Washington, USA.^[12]
Monroe County, Oregon, USA.^[13]
National City, California, USA.^[14]
Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA.^[15]
Petersburg, Alaska, USA.^[16]
Redding, California, USA.^[17]
Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.^[18]
Savannah, Georgia, USA.^[19]
Sitka, Alaska, USA.^[20]

Asia[edit]

Pondicherry, India.^[21]
Kapit, Sarawak.^[22]

Australasia[edit]

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.^[23]
Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.^[24]
Gawler, South Australia, Australia.^[25]
Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.^[26]
Randwick, NSW, Australia.^[27]
Dili, East Timor.^[28]

Europe[edit]

Funchal, Madeira.^[29]

Social & Economic Development[edit]

Santitham Bahá’í School, founded in Yasothon, Thailand.^[30]

Deaths[edit]

May 3: William deForge, Auxiliary Board member for the Americas.
July 31: Genevieve Coy, pioneer and notable Bahá’í.

Publications[edit]

Another Religion Calls Israel Home by Carl Alpert.^[31]
Bahá’u’lláh: The Word Made Flesh by H. M. Balyuzi.
Dawn of World Peace: Commemorating the Public Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh, Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, April 21-May 2, 1963 by Eunice Braun.^[32]
The Wine of Astonishment by William Sears.

References[edit]

Publications listed in Jan Jasion's George Ronald: A Bibliographic History, accessed online April 30, 2019.

Notes[edit]

↑ [1]
↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 93. View as PDF.
↑ 16 June 1963 Message from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies
↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 87. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 392, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 391, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 391, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 386, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 391, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 386, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 393, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 392, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
↑ https://bahai-library.com/hassall_75-years_bahai_victoria
↑ https://bahai-library.com/hassall_tasmania_history
↑ https://bahai.works/Baha%27i_News/Issue_397/Text#pg11
↑ https://bahai-library.com/hassall_fazel_mohammed_khan
↑ https://bahai-library.com/hassall_bahai_community_randwick
↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 449-451. View as PDF.
↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 435, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 117. View as PDF.
↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43
↑ 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 64

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[2] The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 93. View as PDF.

[3] 16 June 1963 Message from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies

[4] The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 87. View as PDF.

[5] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 392, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.

[6] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.

[7] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 391, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[8] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 391, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[9] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[10] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[11] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.

[12] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.

[13] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.

[14] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 386, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[15] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.

[16] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 391, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[17] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 386, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[18] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.

[19] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 393, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

[20] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 392, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.

[21] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 388, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.

[22] Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.

[23] ttps://bahai-library.com/hassall_75-years_bahai_victoria

[24] ttps://bahai-library.com/hassall_tasmania_history

[25] ttps://bahai.works/Baha%27i_News/Issue_397/Text#pg11

[26] ttps://bahai-library.com/hassall_fazel_mohammed_khan

[27] ttps://bahai-library.com/hassall_bahai_community_randwick

[28] The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 449-451. View as PDF.

[29] Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 435, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.

[30] The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 117. View as PDF.

[31] Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43

[32] 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 64

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Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1963 (Events)

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