Today In Mormon History

B. Y. observed [U.S.] Pres. Buchanan will be despised by God, Man and the devil; he might be kind to his women and children, but he is an ig...

Joseph chastizes Emma for leaving the Sunday meeting before partaking of the sacrament. She weeps. [Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smit...

Hill [Airforce Base] became operational and served throughout the war as a major repair and supply depot for the Army Air Forces. At its lar...

[John Henry Smith] I called upon my son George Albert [Smith] who is at Grays Sanatarium. He is considerably improved. [Jean Bickmore ...

[Heber J. Grant] In the evening at 7 P.M. attended a meeting of our quorum in Prest John Taylor's office, same persons present as las...

Quorum of the Twelve excommunicates Apostle Albert Carrington "for the crimes of lewd and lascivious conduct and adultery" with se...

Presidet Young ... had 3 teeth extracted one a sound one through a mistake. I spent the evening in his office. He said I hope that Abel ...

Lucy Smith pays a debt in produce owed to Dr. Alexander McIntyre. The Smith Manchester home is invaded by creditors. William Smith returns h...

The temple endowment ceremony is presented for the first time in a non-English language (Spanish). [The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of ...

[Heber J. Grant] This afternoon I borrowed my son-in-law Wallace Bennett's new Lincoln-Zephyr car and had a ride. I took with me Mrs....

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, later a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, is born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.

[Thomas A. Clawson] "There was a splendid spirit present at all meetings especially at the Temple where many testimonies were born c...

[Thomas A. Clawson] "The Political Situation is quite critical the people generally being in the dark as to how they should they sho...

[Franklin D. Richards] Had a pleasant visit with Pres[iden]t L[orenzo] Snow in his room at the Temple reviewing sone of the rough items a...

The Bishops were instructed not to recommend any person to any Temple unless they answered all questions in a satisfactory manner. If applic...

The subject of the celestial law of marriage [plural marriage] was dwelt upon. It was shown that the faithful must live it, otherwise they c...

[Apostle Brigham Young Jr.] [[At a meeting of the Twelve, which Young calls "one of the solemn days of my life," charges of Las...

[Wilford Woodruff] After Meeting or during intermission we organized A Branch of the School of the Prophets. [Wilford Woodruff's J...

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith met a man from the eastern United States who was disappointed that Joseph Smith the Prophet -"was nothing ...

On the day following Joseph Sr.'s arrest, Lucy Smith seeks assistance from Palmyra merchant Abner Lackey, who procures testimony that wi...