1967

Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1967 (Events)

1967 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1967th year of the Common Era (CE), the 67th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1960s decade. 1967 corresponds to the years 123–124 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

• Leong Tat Chee and Yankee Leong donate their homes in Malacca and Seremban for the Faith.
• Malaysia sends pioneers to Thailand, Taiwan (Kit Yin Kiang), Solomon Islands, and India.
• January 13 - 15: William Sears and Aziz Yazdi visit Tanzania meeting with the National Spiritual Assembly, National Teaching Committee, and the Bahá’í community.
• March 12: Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí breaks ground for construction of the New Era School in Panchgani, India.
• March 17: Six Hands of the Cause visit the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Adrianople at the direction of the Universal House of Justice to prepare for representing the body at scheduled Intercontinental Conferences.
• May 27: Rúḥíyyih Khánum meets with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India.
• October: Six Intercontinental Conferences held in:
  • Panama City, Panama
  • Chicago/Wilmette, USA
  • Frankfurt, Germany
  • Kampala, Uganda
  • New Delhi, India
  • Sydney, Australia
• October 8: Foundation stone of the Mother Temple of Latin America, Panama City laid.
• October 15 - 21: Ugo Giachery makes visit to New Zealand.
• November 2 - 30: Rúḥíyyih Khánum makes twenty-eight day visit to Bolivia.

Establishments

National Spiritual Assemblies

• Algeria & Tunisia
• Belize
• Cameroon
• Gilbert & Ellice Islands
• Laos
• Leeward, Windward & Virgin Islands
• Sikkim
• Swaziland, Mozambique, and Basutoland
• Taiwan
• Zambia

Local Spiritual Assemblies

Africa

• Bata, Rio Muni, Cameroon.

Americas

• Tarija, Bolivia.
• Nepean Township, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• San Andres Isles, Colombia.
• Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii.
• St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis.
• St. Vincent, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
• Albany, California, USA.
• Bellevue, Washington, USA.
• Brookhaven Township, New York, USA.
• Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• Huntington Beach, California, USA.
• LaPorte, Texas, USA.
• Lubbock, Texas, USA.
• Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada, USA.
• Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA.
• Springfield, Oregon, USA.
• Westbrook, Connecticut, USA.
• Frederiksted, US Virgin Islands.

Asia

• Sanghar, India.
• Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan.

Australasia

• Majuro, Micronesia.

Other

• Bahá’í Club of Korea University, Seoul.
• International Bahá’í Audio-Visual Centre.

Deaths

• January 26: Lucy J. Marshall, early San Francisco Bahá’í of the 1900's who hosted travel teachers including Martha Root when they visited San Francisco.
• May 3: Elizabeth Hopper, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Madeira Islands.
• May 27: Mildred Clark, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Lofoten Islands.
• October 25: Catherine Huxtable, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Gulf Islands.
• December 16: Mario Fiorentini, Auxiliary Board member for Europe.
• December 25: Charles Dunning, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Orkney Islands.

Publications

Authoritative Writings & Guidance

• The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh, compilation of excerpts from Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh.

Books

• Bahá’u’lláh, His Call to the Nations: A Summons to World Order by Eunice Braun.

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)