Chronology: Date 1974-04-2

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Date 1974-04-2, descending — sort earliest first

date	event	tags	firsts
1974 23 Apr 197-	At the trial of nearly 50 Bahá'ís in Baghdád, the Iraqi military court sentenced 13 men and one girl to life imprisonment, one man and two girls to 15 years' imprisonment, and two men and seven women to ten years' imprisonment; 13 Bahá'ís were fined and released. [BW16:138]	Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq
1974 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Eastern Malaysia and Brunei elected in 1972 was dissolved and re-constituted under the name the National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia and the territories of Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei were brought under its jurisdiction. The Assembly was incorporated on the 26th of September, 1974. [BW16p225]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Malaysia
1974 Ridván 197-	The first local spiritual assembly of Kotzebue, an Iñupiat Eskimo community situated north of the Arctic Circle, was formed.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Kotzebue, AK; Alaska, USA; USA; Arctic	first Local Spiritual Assembly Kotzebue
1974 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of South East Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) was formed. [Naw Rúz Message 1974; BW16p88]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; South East Arabia; Arabian Peninsula
1974 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Hong Kong was formed with its seat in Kowloon. [BW16:233, 251; BWIM114] For picture see BW16:452.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Hong Kong	first NSA Hong Kong
1974 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Japan was formed with its seat in Tokyo. [BW16:233]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Tokyo, Japan; Japan	first NSA Japan
1974 Ridván 197-	As part of the the Five Year Plan the Canadian Bahá'í Community was asked to "Cultivate opportunities for courses on the Faith in Canadian institutions of higher learning". In response the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada established the Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith. From 1974 to 1979 four annual meetings were held. The Association grew in membership, published a series of high quality monographs, initiated work on a textbook on the Faith of university calibre and stimulated formal presentation at universities and colleges throughout Canada. [Analysis of the Five Year International Teaching Plan 1974-1979 p76; BW18p194]	Bahá'í studies; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America); Canada
1974 Ridván 197-	The Universal House of Justice launched the Five Year Plan (1974-1979). [BBD181; BBRSM159; BW16:107; VV17] For the message of the Universal House of Justice setting out the broad objectives of the Plan see BW16:107; Message Naw-Rúz 1974. Three major objectives: -preservation and consolidation of the victories won -a vast and widespread expansion of the Bahá'í community -development of the distinctive character of Bahá'í life particularly in the local communities.	Five Year Plan (1974-1979); - Teaching Plans; - Bahá'í World Centre


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