Today In Mormon History

SEVENTH EAST PRESS, an off-campus newspaper ceases publication. It had been banned from distribution on the BYU campus due to publishing an ...

The first Sperry Symposium is held at BYU in honor of Sydney B. Sperry, former professor and dean of Religious Education. The annual symposi...

T. Edgar Lyon tells the Mormon History Association of his stake president's instructions when he began teaching seminary: "Brother ...

Heber C. Kimball preaches: "I have been to the altar where Adam offered sacrifices and blessed his son and then left them and went to h...

[Marriage] Joseph Smith to Olive Grey Frost, age 27, (3 year old child who died was thought to be Joseph's. No DNA testing yet) [S...

Second counselor Frederick G. Williams testifies that Cowdery knew a Mormon who could counterfeit coins. Joseph Smith and first counselor Ri...

[At Oliver Cowdery trial] George W. Harris testifies that one evening last fall [see November 7, 1837 FWR.] O. Cowdery was at his house tog...

With Martin Harris as scribe Joseph Smith begins translating the Book of Mormon. A curtain divides them to prevent Martin from seeing the pl...

The public affairs office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today complimented U.S. media outlets for being careful to dist...

[Topaz Japanese-American Relocation Center] Internees were employed at different jobs around the camp and were paid wages ranging from $16....

[Quorum of the Twelve] Brigham Young, Jr. dies. Francis M. Lyman becomes President of the Quorum. [Source: Wikipedia, Chronology of the ...

Prof[essor]. J[ohn]. A. Widtsoe presented to the First Presidency the Mss of an elaborate concordance of the Doctrine & Covenants, which...

[Francis M. Lyman] During our dinner the Twelve met informally for the first time all together in our room in the [Salt Lake] Temple. We to...

[Marriner W. Merrill] The Twelve had a short meeting at 1 p. m. and subscribed $1,800.00 to pay for the furniture in our room in the [recen...

The high council at Far West, Missouri (now LDS headquarters) excommunicates Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Lyman E. Johnson. Cowdery is charge...

An LDS bishop visiting from Scotland was "shocked at Ezra Taft Benson's attack on socialists" in his conference talk. "If...

[J. Reuben Clark] Pres. Clark said he had told the doctor of his concern about polluting the blood streams of the people by indiscriminate ...

[George Q. Cannon] After this meeting [dedicatory services for the Salt Lake temple], President Lorenzo Snow came up to the office and desi...

At 7:30 p.m. at Lehigh College in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, James E. Talmage administers "0.3 grams white Arsenic" to a ...

[Wilford Woodruff] I was Appointed at the last October Conference as the Chairman of the Auditing Committee to Audit the Accounts of the La...