150 years ago today - Nov 18,1861

[Utah] Abraham Lincoln checks out Book of Mormon from Library of Congress. He returns it on 29 Jul 1862, apparently first U.S. president to read Book of Mormon.

[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, Appendix 5, Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1848-1996, http://amzn.to/extensions-power]