Today In Mormon History

Uniform spelling of the proper name Melchizedek-- Our attention having been called to the different forms of spelling the proper name Melchi...

[Patriarchal Blessing of Samuel RosKelly by Henry Jackson] ... thou shalt live for many years upon the earth; yea, thou shalt live to th...

... if I should get mad in Washington, I would as soon fight the whole crowd as one individual, and they would use me up. There are but few...

[John Taylor] Went to Mother Lucy Smith's, by her request to read some of her history, to see if it was fit or ready for publication....

The Twelve indicated they wanted to follow Joseph Smith's proposal and erected a canvas tabernacle on the west side of the temple. Orson...

"While in this condition, Elder Phineas Richards, the father of Apostle F. D. Richards, assisted by other kind brethren, took me [Loren...

The REPUBLICAN ADVOCATE of Batavia, New York publishes an article titled "GOLD:" "Gold is beaten into leaves upon a smooth bl...

An Arizona grand jury indicts Warren Jeffs on two counts of felony child sex abuse for his role in planning and performing the marriage of a...

The International Olympic Committee in Budapest votes overwhelmingly for Salt Lake City as the site of the winter Olympics in the year 2002....

Joyce McKinney is arrested in Salt Lake City after Kirk Anderson informs police she has been shadowing him. She is charged with disturbing t...

[George Albert Smith] Talked to Pres Clark & Nicholas [G. Smith?] about use of meeting houses for meetings to prevent Negroes from be...

Second blessings [anointings] are intended for those only who have borne the heat and burden of the day, and endured faithful to the end: an...

[Wilford Woodruff] I spent the day in the Endowment House. We gave Endowments Baptized 646. D H Wells sealed 62 Couple & W Woodruff 1...

At 4 oclock there was a trial before the High Council against several of the Utah people relative to a dissatisfaction which arose with the ...

Geauga County court acquits Joseph of charges brought by brother-in-law Calvin Stoddard that Joseph had deprived him of water rights. During...

[David O. McKay] During the last year particularly we have been more deeply impressed than ever with the need of Stake and Ward officers ...

[Franklin D. Richards] At 7 am Sister Zina DH Young called and with Jane Emily & FSR spent about an hour listening to FSR explain to ...

Albert Carrington read a letter from Sydney Rigdon to the President. The President remarked, Sydney is crazy'- The President remarked at...

First issue of church's DESERET NEWS, which includes astrological almanacs. Willard Richards is the editor.

Sidney Rigdon publishes an editorial: "Nauvoo is a sink of corruption, Deception in its most forbidding forms, is resorted to by them, ...