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[Gordon B. Hinckley] Announced new logo design for the name of the Church [LDS Newsroom, Time line of Significant Events as President,...

It has come to our attention that in some wards marriage ceremonies have been performed for couples following their marriage in the temple, ...

Adewole Ogunmokun writes LDS headquarters requesting that LDS missionaries be sent to Nigeria to officially baptize and formally organize Ni...

[Anthony Ivins] I have been in council with my quorum considering various matters which came before us. The question of plural marriages ...

[Wilford Woodruff] We retired to rest & I dreamed of ketching fish, fowl, geese & Turkies, in nets, & seeing a house on fire....

The Smiths run into financial difficulty, partially through the connivings of others, and are unable to come up with their final house payme...

The BYU football team wins the 1980 Holiday Bowl, the team's first bowl victory, over Southern Methodist University. In the final minute...

[First Presidency to Sterling B. Talmage] We have your letter of December 7, with reference to your father's sermon, 'The Earth a...

[Wilford Woodruff] Sunday I for the first time in my life talked with Elder Taylor through a telephone One Mile. Surly men have sought o...

[Joseph Smith] I have had many sollam /solemn/ feelings this day Concerning my Brothe[r] William [with whom he fought with a few days ear...

Gordon B. Hinckley interviewed by Mike Wallace on CBS's ―60 Minutes. [Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://...

[Brigham Young Jr.] I am sixty-four years old today. I look back upon the experiences of my life with singular feelings. Often have I bee...

[Abraham H. Cannon] Father [George Q. Cannon] holds that we who live on the earth now and are faithful, will stand at the head of our lin...

Patriarchal Blessing of Samuel RosKelley by Zebedee Coltrin ... thou whall [shall] have power over the elements insomuch that thou shall be ...

[Wilford Woodruff] We Met with the Presidency of the [Ogden] Stake & High Council most of the Priesthood. Their has Exhisted a diffic...

[Brigham Young] Pres. [Heber C.] Kimball and [Daniel H.] Wells called in they [were] with Hosea Stout had some conversation about [U.S.] ...

In consequence of the great pressure of business during the week past it has been decided to devote Saturday to the purpose of washing the r...

William Smith submits a letter to Hyrum, begging for forgiveness because of the fight with Joseph and asking to be released from his apostle...

Bishop Cannon discussed with President McKay the subject of anointing with consecrated oil. The statement was made that Elder John A. Widtso...

I am directed by the First Presidency to say in answer to your favor of [the] 10th inst., that in the cases to which you refer, the same rul...

Bishop David K. Udall, of St. Johns, Ariz., who on a trumped up charge of perjury had been sentenced to imprisonment in Detroit, Michigan, w...

The President [Brigham Young] had some conversation with him upon the Character of Pres[ident] James Buchanan and Daniel Webster, he noticed...

[William Clayton] At 35 m[inutes] past 7, President B. Young came in, and at 9, appointed each man his particular duty for the day. A...

[William Clayton] ....Brother Lucian R. Foster is now appointed to keep the Records of the endowment. Margaret came with me to the Temple...

The Council of Revision passes the Nauvoo charter. It will take effect on Feb. 1, 1841. The charter is then signed by Governor Carlin. It in...

Joseph discusses Orson's letter with him "and satisfyed his mind upon every point." Joseph Sr. and Lucy, "sorely afflicte...

Oliver Cowdery mentions temple to be built in Independence [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ttN3vOzf2UcVhruCrvDf9pF27T0o0PP0Xj1X98t...

By the end of December 1965 other general authorities vetoed an effort by one of Benson's intermediaries to have the Birch Society's...

Second counselor Joseph F. Smith tells Mormons of St. Johns, Arizona, that Jesus was married to the Mary who anointed his feet. [The Morm...

[In St. Johns, Arizona:] Pres[ident] Jos[eph] F Smith on the Sacred Law of Marriage Said that Jesus fulfilled every Law of God while on the ...

Patriarchal Blessing of Samuel RosKelley ... thy Guardian Angel hath warded off the shafts of the Adversary which has been hurled at thee. ...

Bro. Brigham then spoke and showed that none of us, not even He, had as yet learned the first principles of the Gospel. Explained the passag...

[William Clayton] .... At a quarter after 8 o clock A.M. commenced washing...At 9 o clock President Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orso...

The governor of Illinois signs the Nauvoo charter which Joseph Smith uses to make the Mormon capital an independent theocracy. Abraham Linco...

Nauvoo charter conceived. The Charter was essentially a copy and paste of the Springfield City Charter, but there were a few subtle addition...

[Joseph Smith] Elder McLellen Elder B. Young and Elder J. Carter called and paid me a visit, with which I was much gratified. I exibited ...

Patriarchal Blessing of Jesse Hitchcock given by Joseph Smith, Sr. ... nothing shall be to hard for thee: the rivers shall obey thy voice, a...

William Smith resumed his semi-public debate with Joseph Smith, Jr. at their parents' home in Kirtland. Following its conclusion, Willia...

At a temple meeting of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, first counselor Henry D. Moyle reports on the "baseball baptism p...

[First Presidency to Stake Presidents] It has been called to our attention that there has accumulated in the various temples of the Churc...

[J. Reuben Clark] Talked with Robert D. Young [president of the Salt Lake Temple] about the talk going around regarding a visit of the Th...

[B. H. Roberts] I am writing you to ask if the article published in the Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine of October, 1930, under...

Brother Penrose reported Bear Lake [Idaho/Utah] Stake Conference. ... Held meeting with the Bishops of Garden City, Laketown and a represent...

[Apostle Rudger Clawson] I was engaged most of the day in entering up the cash payments on the bills payable liability of the church for ...

[William Clayton] At 5 minutes to 9 o clock A.M. commenced washing and anointing . . . At a quarter to 10 o clock the president calle...

The Great Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to all the Kings of the world, to the Presi...

Joseph announces Hyrum as the patriarch of the Church in a letter to the Quorum of the Twelve and elders in England. [Jeffrey S. O'Dr...

Orson Hyde visits Joseph to hand him a letter explaining certain grievances. He feels the temple committee store (the committee that was in ...

In response to a visit from Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge, the Lord reveals to Joseph D&C 35 and 36. To encourage the small flock o...

The church expresses opposition to Universal Compulsory Military Training [1945-December 14-Improvement Era 49:76-77, February, 1946, in ...

The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Utah, against Pres. Angus M. Cannon. He had been impri...

Patriarchal Blessing of Samuel RosKelley by Lorenzo Hill Hatch ... thou shalt stand and officiate as a savious [savior] upon Mount Zion for ...

Patriarchal Blessing of Rebecca RosKelley by Lorenzo Hill Hatch ... If thou desirest it thou shall be caught up in the clouds of heaven and ...

Patriarchal Blessing of Hiram Abiff Watson by Lorenzo Hill Hatch ... I seal thee up unto Eternal Life to reign as a King, and have Joy and r...

[Brigham Young] .... He then observed that he should henceforth have all the cloth, which was intended for robes, garments and aprons, br...

[Joseph Smith] To day Samuel Branum came to my house much afflicted with a swelling on his left arm which was occasioned by a bruise on ...

Joseph Sr., released from prison, joins his family at Waterloo. (If he was arrested in early October, he should have been released in early ...