Church News announces that from 1830 to 2000, more than 100 million copies of the Book of Mormon were printed in several dozen languages. The milestone was reached in late February or early March of 2000. The 100th language version was also printed this year. (1)
-- 10 years ago - Apr 22, 2000
[Mark Hofmann] The Church accepts "Anthon Transcript." (2)
-- 30 years ago - Apr 22, 1980
Future apostle John Henry Smith writes in his missionary journal, " When I got up this morning I found that Sister Ellen Drybury had went to work and washed out my stockings and got them dry for me. It is the first time one of the sisters had been so thoughtfull, and I shall ever remember her thoughtfullness as my stockings were very nasty." (3)
-- 135 years ago - Apr 22, 1875
1 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
2 - Whittaker, David J., The Hofmann Maze, A Book Review Essay with a Chronology and Bibliography of the Hofmann Case, BYU Studies Vol. 29, No. 1, pg.80,
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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