1970

Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1970 (Events)

1970 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE), the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade. 1970 corresponds to the years 126–127 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

• Land is acquired in Cheras, Malaysia for a temple site.
• May 27: The Bahá’í International Community is granted consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Conferences

• January 24 - 25: First Iberian Conference held in Madrid, organized by the National Spiritual Assembly of Spain at the request of the Continental Board for Europe.
• August: Oceanic Bahá’í Conference is held in Rose Hill, Mauritius.

Establishments

National Spiritual Assemblies

• Botswana
• Central Africa
• Dahomey, Togo, and Niger
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Fiji
• Ghana
• Guyana
• Malawi
• Nigeria
• Near East
• Rhodesia
• Samoa
• Tonga and the Cook Islands
• Upper West Africa

Local Spiritual Assemblies

Africa

• Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Americas

• Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
• Hull, Quebec, Canada.
• Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
• Anoka, Minnesota, USA.
• Beloit, Michigan, USA.
• Bristol, New Hampshire, USA.
• Challis, Idaho, USA.
• Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA.
• Chico, California, USA.
• Clearwater, Florida, USA.
• Emporia, Kansas, USA.
• Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
• Jackson County, Oregon, USA.
• King County Councilman District No. 3, Washington, USA.
• Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
• Moore, Oklahoma, USA.
• Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
• Palmer, Alaska, USA.
• Perris Judicial District, California, USA.
• Pasadena, Texas, USA.
• Richardson, Texas, USA.
• Richmond, Virginia, USA.
• Rockford, Illinois, USA.
• San Marcos, California, USA.
• Silver City, New Mexico, USA.
• Sommerville, Massachusetts, USA.
• Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
• Warrensville Heights, Ohio, USA.
• Willingboro, New Jersey, USA.

Australasia

• Hastings, New Zealand.

Publishers

• Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the Near East.

Social & Economic Development

• Leroy Ioas Teacher Training Insitute, founded in Mbabane, Swaziland.

Deaths

• April 15: Mamie Seto, served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Auxiliary Board for Asia.
• November 11: Percy Almond, served on the first National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and NZ.
• November 11: Elizabeth Stamp, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for St. Helena.

Publications

Compilations

• Bahá’í Funds and Contributions compiled by the Research Department (revised 1989).
• The Local Spiritual Assembly compiled by the Research Department (revised 2017).

Books

• Bahá'í Pilgrimage published by Bahá'í World Centre.
• Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith by H. M. Balyuzi.
• 52 Bahá'í Talks for All Occasions by S.I. Dean.
• A New Wind Blowing published by NSA of the United States.

Albums

• Fire and Snow: Reflections of a New World Order by Various, released by Bahá'í Publishing Trust.
• Gonna' Tell the World 'bout Bahá’u’lláh by the Jin-'Ai Singers.

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