Today In Mormon History

Presidential candidate Joseph Smith publishes a letter in the TIMES AND SEASONS in which he says "I go emphatically, virtuously, and hu...

Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Alexander McRae, and Caleb Baldwin escape while being transported from Liberty jailhouse (after getting their gua...

Joseph Smith, Jr. (at Harmony, Susquehanna, PA) claimed to receive a message from God directed to Oliver Cowdery (LDS D&C Sec. 6). Cowde...

First Presidency makes official statement on birth control which omits any reference to their own feelings about birth control as "a pe...

An article by West German Mission President Alfred C. Rees entitled "In the Land of the Mormons" appears in a special issue of the...

[Utah] First Presidency and apostles decide to resume sale of liquor at church resort of Saltair due to need for non-Mormon patronage. [...

[Rudger Clawson Diary] Pres. Smith announced that the Presidency had about completed a bargain for the purchase of 25 acres of the original...

The corner stones of the Manti Temple were laid. [Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]

Harmony, Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith commenced the second week of dictating the translation of the Book of Mormon to Oliver Cowdery. [BYU ...

... A question as to the proper use of the terms "ordain" and "set apart" came up and was discussed at length, the main ...

President John Taylor preaches, "I remember talking with some celebrated scientists from Europe some time ago, and I explained to them ...

Several officers-of-the-law attend a meeting in Nauvoo. "Elder [John] Taylor gave them to understand that if they made an attempt to se...

[William Clayton] A.M. at Prest Js recording Deeds. He prophecied the entire overthrow of this nation in a few years. [The Nauvoo Diarie...

'Light on Masonry' is published by an "anti-Mason Mason" or one who believed that original Masonry had been corrupted. ...

Russell M. Nelson is ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, replacing LeGrand Richards, who had passed away. [The Woodla...

Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith were at the office. Among the callers of the day was Elder B. H. Roberts...

[Heber J. Grant Diary] Pres[iden]t Geo[rge] Q. Cannon said that he felt that there had been three agencies in the past which had done us as...

[Brigham Young Sermon] President Young showed very clearly that it was not a personal speculation; that himself with the rest would put in ...

[Joseph Smith] Saterday, 12th Went to the lake [Lake Erie] and spent the day in fishing and visiting the brethren in that place. [Faulri...

[Richard R. Lyman] Two weeks ago tonight[,] Th[ursday][,] M[ar]ch 28, 1929[,] I met with my prayer circle for the last time and disbanded i...