1965

Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1965 (Events)

1965 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1965th year of the Common Era (CE), the 65th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1960s decade. 1965 corresponds to the years 121–122 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

• Leong Tat Chee is appointed as Malaysia's first Auxiliary Board Member.
• The first Bahá’í Youth Training Camp organized in Port Dickson, Malaysia.
• The first Bahá’í Institute, later named the Leong Tat Chee Bahá’í Institute was completed in Malaysia.
• May 5: Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Tanzania
• November 6: Bahá’ís of Finland commemorate purchase of a Temple site.

Conferences

Africa

• August 28-29: Teaching Conference held in Ekpene Tete, Eastern Nigeria.
• September 3-5: First Conference of the Hands of the Cause for Africa with their Auxiliary Board and members of two National Spiritual Assemblies in Salisbury, Rhodesia.
• October 9-10: Teaching Conference held in Tinto, West Cameroon.

Americas

• July 30-August 1: Regional Teaching Congress of South America is held for Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, in Bogota, Colombia.
• September: First National Youth Congress of Brazil held in early September.
• September 24-25: First National Teaching Conference of Guatemala held in Quiche.
• November 5-7: Regional Teaching Congress of South America for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Asia

• December 25-26: Regional Teaching Conference held in Taipei, Taiwan.
• December 27-31: Bahá’í Youth Training Camp held in Port Dickson, Malaysia.

Europe

• June 12-13: European Conference on the Nine Year Plan for the Hands of the Cause, Auxiliary Board, and National Spiritual Assembly members of Europe in Bern, Switzerland.
• September 18-19: National Teaching Conference held in Brussels, Belgium, attended by Abu'l-Qásim Faizi.
• December 31-January 2: Second Nordic Teaching Conference held in Karlstad, Sweden.

Establishments

Local Spiritual Assemblies

Africa

• Nimba, Liberia.
• Windhoek, Namibia.

Americas

• Christ Church, Barbados.
• Esto, Brazil.
• Gravatai, Brazil.
• Tapes, Brazil.
• Viamao, Brazil.
• Burrell Boom, British Honduras.
• Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii.
• Cuzco, Peru.
• Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
• Alameda, California, USA.
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
• Lakewood, California, USA.
• North Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
• North Olmsted, Ohio, USA.
• Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA.
• Pompano Beach, Florida, USA (re-established after hiatus).
• Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
• Verde Valley, Arizona, USA.
• Washington County, Oregon, USA.

Europe

• Ixelles, Belgium.
• Granada, Spain.

Buildings

• National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of South Korea.
• National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Qud of Malaysia.
• National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Philippines.

Summer Schools

• Summer School of Turkey.

Other

• Bahá’í Club of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Bahá’í Club of University of Houston, Texas.

Deaths

• Mabel Grace Geary, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to the Cape Breton Island.
• June 27: 'Alí Akbar Rafí'í Rafsanjání, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to Morocco, International Zone.
• July 22: Leroy Ioas, Hand of the Cause and past Secretary General of the International Bahá’í Council.
• December 12: Margaret Lentz, served at the US National Bahá’í Center and as a pioneer to Africa and Germany.
• December 18: Allen B. McDaniel, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and engineer integral to the construction of the Wilmette Temple.
• December 25: George Haley, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Honduras.
• December 31: Edward Struven, early Bahá’í integral to early stages of the construction of the Wilmette Temple.

Publications

• The World Center of the Bahá'í Faith published by Bahá'í World Centre.
• Bahá'í, a Way of Life for Millions by Lerone Bennett.
• Bahá'í World Faith, the Divine Truth for Today: Basic Facts by W. Kenneth Christian.
• The Fallacy of Ancestor Worship by Jamshed Fozdar.

References

• Manisegaran, A. (2003). Jewel Among Nations - An account of the early days of the Bahá’í Faith in West Malaysia. Malaysia: Splendour Publications. ISBN 983-51419-0-9. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)