175 years ago today - Apr 6, 1837

[General] Appointment is made of the first general authority born outside of the U.S., John Gould. Born in Canada, he is ordained to the First council of Seventy. At this conference Joseph Smith honorably releases five members of the First Council of Seventy because they had previously been ordained high priests. Brigham Young would later preach that this was the only uninspired decision he ever witnessed Smith perform in the church.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]