Today In Mormon History

[Apostle John Henry Smith] I returned to Salt Lake City and went to the Polls and voted the Republican ticket straight for state, county,...

[Apostle Franklin D. Richards] Went with my son Charles Seco(?) of Ter. and we polled our votes with Straight Democratic Tickets [Diar...

[Apostle Francis M. Lyman] Election Day ... I deposited my straight Republican ticket. ... Before retiring I learned that the State tick...

This is the probable time of Joseph Sr.'s arrest and imprisonment. Lucy Smith says that Joseph Sr. was arrested on Thursday, the day fol...

Sunstone's June issue comes out about mid- October, containing a summary of news stories about the temple changes. Elbert Peck's sta...

Florida elects Paula Hawkins as the first LDS woman to become a U.S. Senator and the first female Senator who is not a daughter or wife of a...

[Council meeting] "Elder [Ezra Taft] Benson said ... that he was confident in his own mind from a study he had made of the Negro questi...

Capt Gibson spoke two hours & gave a vary interesting account of his mission [and] the dealings of the Lord with him. ... He had an int...

[Brigham Young] I curse the mean skunk at Camp Floyd in the name of Jesus Christ and they shall be cursed - your sheep, colts, hogs tramp...

[Wilford Woodruff] I retired to rest & dreamed of being in A ship & a great storm arose And it seemed as though the ship would be...

... -he asked Joseph [Smith, Jr.] whether he could not ascertain what his [Orson Pratt] mission was and Joseph answered that he would see. ...

U.S. President Gerald Ford appoints Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft as his National Security Affairs (NSA) advisor, replacing Henry Kissi...

President George Albert Smith meets with U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., to obtain permission for the Church to send foo...

[John Henry Smith] Politics is burning hot. Many dirty and unfair things are being said by both parties. [Jean Bickmore White (editor)...

A contract was signed for the erection of the first beet sugar plant in Utah, to cost $400,000. [Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]

Pres[iden]t. A. Hatch of Wasatch [Utah] Stake was criticised for his aversion to Polygamy& letting Dr Russell denounce J[oseph]. F. Smit...

Fredericka Bremer wrote of a visit to Nauvoo, "We are now in sight of Nauvoo, formerly the capital of the Mormon district, and the magn...

Eleven of the Twelve are chastened for not being sufficiently humble or equal in financial affairs and for criticizing William Smith. [Ke...

Joseph receives a revelation for the Twelve, stating that they must humble themselves and be patient with his brother William. He then dedic...

The announcement that Presiding Bishop Merrill J. Bateman will be the new president of BYU, effective 1 Jan. He is also appointed a member o...