175 years ago today - 1839 26 Jan.

[Joseph Smith] Under direction of Assistant Counselor John Smith, a committee organizes the exodus from Missouri to Illinois.

[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]