New Canadian law prohibiting polygamy goes into effect. This law closes an existing loophole: previously it had been illegal only to take an additional wife while already married. However a Mormon had publicly pointed out that marrying two wives simultaneously was therefore legal under the existing law. (1)
-- 120 years ago - May 16, 1890
Phelps, William Wines: Arrived in Kirtland 16 May 1835. (2)
-- 175 years ago - May 16, 1835
[1st Presidency Changes] Heber J. Grant Anthony W. Ivins Death of Charles W. Penrose (3)
-- 85 years ago - May 16, 1925 - 28 May 1925
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
3 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
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