1994
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1994 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1994th year of the Common Era (CE), the 94th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1990s decade. 1994 corresponds to the years 150–151 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- Bahá’ís Sohrab and Soheyla Bolouri present His Highness King Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa with a copy of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
- January: The first winter school of Mongolia is held in Sonngino.
- January 30: The first internet fireside is held at the New York Bahá'í Centre.
- March 13: Four Bahá'is are murdered at the Bahá'i Centre of Mdantsane in Ciskei.
- March 24: The Dalai Lama visits the Bahá'i World Centre and becomes the first head of another religion to visit the Shrine of the Báb.
- June: The first National Bahá'í Youth School of Mongolia is held in Darkhan and attended by 34.
- June 13: Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, visited the Bahá'í World Centre to view the Terraces Project.
- July 6 - 10: The first Bahá'í Children's Summer School of Pakistan is held in Abbottabad and attended by 13.
- July 22 - 23: His Excellency France Albert René, President of the Republic of Seychelles, consults with the Universal House of Justice.
- August 8: Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres makes official visit to the Bahá'í World Center.
Conferences[edit]
- February 17 - 20: First Bahá'í Association of South East Asian Nations Forum is held in Bangkok.
- May 19: The first National Bahá'í Conference of Armenia is held in Yerevan.
- May 22: The first Bahá'í Youth Conference of Martinique is held in Fort-de-France.
- June 11 - 12: The first Bahá'í conference of Georgia is held in Tbilisi.
- July 20 - 25: The European Bahá'í Youth Council sponsors five regional conferences in Berlin, Bucharest, St. Petersburg, Barcelona, and Wolverhampton.
- September 5 - 13: Representatives of the Bahá'í International Community attend United Nations International Conference on Population of Development.
- September 9 - 11: First National Youth Conference of Liberia is held and attended by 75 youth.
- October: Bahá'í Health Conference is held in De Poort, Netherlands, at which a Bahá'í Health Association for Central and Eastern Europe and European Bahá'í Dental Association are formed.
Persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran[edit]
- January: The 12-year-old daughter of a Bahá'í leader is kidnapped and tortured, in what is believed to be a government-sanctioned instance of religious persecution.
Establishments[edit]
National Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Social & Economic Development[edit]
- Cambodian Organization for Research, Development and Education, a Bahá’í inspired university.[1]
- Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute, a Bahá’í inspired school in Canada.
Deaths[edit]
- April 14: Carmen de Burafato, National Spiritual Assembly member for Mexico and Continental Counselor for the Americas.
- July 14: Irene Jackson, pioneer, National Spiritual Assembly, and Auxiliary Board member in the South Pacific.
- November 16: Andrés Jachakollo, first indigenous Bahá’í of Bolivia.
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- The Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Suheil Bushrui.[2]
- Cooperative Peace Strategies by John Davidson and Marjorie Tidman.[3]
- Songs of the Phoenix: Selected Poems 1984-1994 by Michael Fitzgerald.
- A Key to Loving by Betty Frost.
- Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II by John S. Hatcher.
- Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Bahá'í World Congress and Holy Year by J. Michael Kafes.
- On the Shoulders of Giants by Craig Loehle.
- Dimensions in Spirituality by Jack McLean.
- The Glorious Journey to God by Hushidar Motlagh.[4]
- The Evolution of Institutional Capacity for Social and Economic Development by the Office of Social and Economic Development.
- Olya's Story by Olya Roohizadegan.[5]
- Robe of Light by David Ruhe.
- And the Trees Clapped their Hands: Stories of Bahá’í Pioneers by Claire Vreeland.
Albums[edit]
- Music of the Bahá'í World Congress: New York 1992 by Bahá'í World Congress Choir.[6]
- Intone, O My Servant by Ladjamaya.[7]
- Heathrow Terminal One Revisited by Conrad E. Lambert.[8]
- Hand in Hand by Unu Mondo.[9]
- Horizons by Angela Wood.[10]
Videos[edit]
- Shoghi Effendi: Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith released by Badiyan Distribution.[11]
References[edit]
- Events recorded in Baha'i Library Online's Chronology
- GR publications listed in Jan Jasion's George Ronald: A Bibliographic History, accessed online April 30, 2019.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ https://media.bahai.org/detail/1619891/
- ↑ The Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas at Amazon.com
- ↑ Cooperative Peace Strategies at BahaiBooks.com.au
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com.au/Glorious-Journey-God-Hushidar-Motlagh/dp/0937661023/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=%22Hushidar+Motlagh%22&qid=1608089371&s=books&sr=1-6
- ↑ Olya's Story at Amazon.com
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Bah%C3%A1%C3%AD-World-Congress-Choir-Music-Of-The-Bah%C3%A1%C3%AD-World-Congress-New-York-1992/master/1191826
- ↑ https://bahaimusicstore.com/ladjamaya-intone-o-my-servant
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Conrad-E-Lambert-Heathrow-Terminal-One-Revisited/release/7465922
- ↑ https://bahaimusicstore.com/unu-mondo-hand-in-hand
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Angela-Wood-Horizons/release/18508249
- ↑ https://bahaimusicstore.com/shoghi-effendi-guardian-bahai-faith-film