Today in Mormon History
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Historical Events
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1827-09-21 - According to Joseph Smith, Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon.
1830-03-26 - The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1830-04-06 - Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY
1832-03-24 - Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio
1836-03-27 - 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)
1837-06-13 - 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio
1838-10-27 - Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
1841-04-06 - Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
1843-07-12 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
1844-08-08 - Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death
1846-02-04 - Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
1846-02-10 - Beginning of Mormon march to west US
1846-07-21 - Mormons found 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley)
1847-07-24 - Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT
1850-05-27 - Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
1856-06-09 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1857-09-11 - Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah
1871-10-02 - Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy
1882-03-22 - Congress outlaws polygamy (again); bad news for Mormons
1890-05-06 - Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
1890-09-24 - Pres of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned
1890-10-06 - Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
1893-01-04 - US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
1893-04-06 - Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
1896-01-04 - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
1906-11-23 - Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy
1978-06-08 - Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery
1978-06-09 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
Famous Birthdays
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1801-06-01 - Brigham Young, painter/religious leader (Mormon church)/polygamist
1805-12-23 - Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)
1813-03-21 - James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
1814-04-03 - Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (d. 1901)
1814-10-27 - Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891)
1832-11-06 - Joseph Smith, son of founder of Mormonism
1838-11-13 - Joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church
1856-11-22 - Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th pres of Mormon church
1859-03-12 - Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)
1870-04-04 - George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
1873-09-08 - David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th pres of Mormon church
1895-03-28 - Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
1907-11-14 - Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
1927-08-21 - Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of the (Mormon) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Famous Deaths
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1844-06-27 - Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), lynched in Carthage Ill
1844-06-27 - Joseph Smith Jr, founder/leader (Mormon Church), lynched at 38
1856-07-09 - James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813)
1877-08-29 - Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
1896-07-19 - Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
1951-04-04 - George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
1970-01-18 - David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96
1972-07-02 - Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
1973-12-26 - Harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74
1985-11-15 - Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon church, dies at 90
1992-08-14 - Flora SA Benson, US, wife of pres Ezra Taft B of mormon church, dies
1994-05-29 - Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94
1994-05-30 - Ezra Taft Benson, 13th head of Mormon Church, dies at 94
1995-03-03 - Howard Hunter, US leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87
