Today in Mormon History - Dec 10

[Black History] Thomas Coleman brutally murdered for "meddling with white women", (1)
-- 145 years ago today - Dec 10, 1866

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 Thursday I Am some better to day. I sat up a good Deal. (2)
-- 120 years ago today - Dec 10, 1891

Henry B. Eyring is inaugurated as the ninth president of Ricks College. (3)
-- 40 years ago today - Dec 10, 1971

1 - http://www.xtimeline.com/events.aspx?q=Bif200802111550260291166
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com