Today in Mormon History - Jan 13

Deseret Club is organized at UCLA as church's first social organization for LDS college students outside Utah. Current organization is LDS Students association (LDSSA) for students at every non-church college and university. (1)
-- 80 years ago - Jan 13, 1931

[Hinckley] Named one of the most admired men in the world for the second consecutive year by an annual survey of Americans - included on the list were Pope John Paul II, President Bill Clinton, Gen. Colin Powell and President-elect George W. Bush (2)
-- 10 years ago - Jan 13, 2001

[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] [Written at Manassa, March 4, 1891] I should have written a lot for my Journal, but my machine is a little out of order. I over a month behind with my Journal and regret that the machine is not all right so I could partially catch up. I shall save the letters written today and make a copy in my letter book before they are mailed. (3)
-- 120 years ago - January 13th, 1891


1 - This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.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 - Diary Excerpts of Heber J. Grant,

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