-- 120 years ago today - Sep 7, 1891
The first two meetinghouses built by the Church in the Ukraine Kiev Mission were dedicated on consecutive dates in the districts of Livoberezhny and Svyatoshinsky. (2)
-- 10 years ago today - Sep 7, 2001-8
[Deseret] a game of chess by telephone was played between Salt Lake and Ogden on Sunday. Salt Lake won. This is probably the first instance of telephonic chess on record. (3)
-- 130 years ago today - Sep 7, 1881
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
3 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
1881: This entry sounds like it was taken originally from either the Deseret News or the Ogden newspaper (Herald?). Sep.7 was a Wednesday, while Sep.4 would have been a Sunday for that year. I wonder how long the game lasted? Can you imagine what that phone bill would be in today's dollars?!
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