Today in Mormon History - Jun 11

Today in Mormon History ...

[Plains] Kimball and Lawrence Freight Train begins crossing plains (1)
-- 150 years ago - Jun 11, 1860

[Hinckley] Dedicated Fukuoka Japan Temple (June 11), Adelaide Australia Temple (June 15), Melbourne Australia Temple (June 16) and Suva Fiji Temple (June 18), the first time in Church history a president has ever dedicated four overseas temples in one trip (2)
-- 10 years ago - 2000 11-18 June

[U.S. Religious History] Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose since 1976, died at the age of 31 after a court permitted the removal of her respirator. (3)
-- 25 years ago - Jun 11, 1985


1 - Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, Chronological Company List, http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanylist-chronological/0,15765,3968-1,00.html
2 - LDS Newsroom, Time line of Significant Events as President, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/time-line-of-significant-events-as-president
3 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://am-rel-hist.gu.ma

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