-- 170 years ago today - Aug 15, 1841
CHURCH NEWS reports that Finland has given its "Silver Cross" to LDS mission president Henry A/ Matis for allowing one of his missionaries to coach Finnish National Basketball team for international competition. (2)
-- 60 years ago today - Aug 15, 1951
[Joseph Smith] A non-Mormon journalist who visited the Manchester/Palmyra area writes, "On the sides & in the slopes of several of these hills, these excavations [by Smith and his associates in search of chests of money] are still to be seen". Bennett, James Gordon (31 August 1831), "Mormonism-"Religious Fanaticism-"Church and State Party", Morning Courier & Enquirer 7 (562) in Arrington 1970, 5 (online ed.). (3)
-- 180 years ago today - Aug 15, 1831
1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
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