Today in Mormon History - Apr 21

Today in Mormon History ...

[Council of Fifty Members] Little, Feramorz (1820-1887). Admitted 21 April 1880. (1)
-- 130 years ago - Apr 21, 1880

The name of the Post Office at Commerce was changed to "Nauvoo.". (2)
-- 170 years ago - (Tue) Apr 21, 1840

Captain William Losey is killed by bomb during Nazi invasion of Norway, first U.S. serviceman to die in World War II. A returned LDS missionary, he is military aide to U.S. ambassador. Despite his and other American deaths in Nazi war zone, United States remains officially neutral until Dec. 1941. (3)
-- 70 years ago - Apr 21, 1940


1 - Quinn, D. Michael, Council of Fifty Members, 1844-1945, BYU Studies 20, #2 (1980)
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

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