Today in Mormon History - Jan 17

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Jan 17, 1892 Sunday I spent the day in the House reading. (1)
-- 120 years ago today - Jan 17, 1892

Auxiliary institutes and conventions discontinued during wartime-- All Church officers were notified that because of the heavy tax burden anticipated, and restrictions on automotive travel due to the war effort, all general auxiliary institutes and conventions and all stake auxiliary union meetings are to be immediately discontinued. {1942-January 17-Improvement Era 45:74, February, 1942.} (2)
-- 70 years ago today - Jan 17, 1942

Joseph Smith takes eight-months-pregnant Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner as a plural wife. Mary Elizabeth, age 24, has been legally married to non-Mormon Adam Lightner for over six years at the time. She continues to live with Adam Lightner afterward as instructed by Joseph Smith. Mary Elizabeth later states, "Joseph Said I was his, before I came here. He said all the Devils in Hell should never get me from him." (3)
-- 170 years ago today - Jan 17, 1842

1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - Clark, James R., Messages of the First Presidency (6 volumes)
3 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower