Today in Mormon History

Leftist guerrillas bomb four LDS chapels in Chile to protest the arrival of U.S. president George Bush the next day. Later they order the co...

[David O. McKay] I met pres. Parley A. Arave of the Blackfoot Stake who wanted to know whether he should take steps to have the woman who i...

[Marion G. Romney] From 5:00 to 6:30, was in a conference with President Clark, Harold B. Lee, Joseph L. Wirthlin, Joseph Anderson, in rega...

[Rudger Clawson] .... The following is a copy of the article written by myself: Standing upon the threshold of the twentieth century an...

The Inter-Denominational Council of Women in New York passed a resolution, urging Congress to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting po...

[Heber C. Kimball] From thence to the Temple being the first on the ground being 10 in the morning... commenced work putting up canvase ad...

William Smith: Dictated revelation 5 Dec. 1845 rejecting Brigham Young [Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Append...

Joseph Smith Sr. released from jail, Samuel helps his parents relocate to -The Kingdom, an unincorporated village along the Seneca River bet...

To satisfy a feeling which has been on my mind for some time, I submit the following: My Son George Q. who died in this City when he was 18 ...

In the evening the President [Brigham Young] had some conversation about Br. H. C. Kimball's sons and remarked that himself & Br[oth...

[Heber C. Kimball] P. Pratt, O. Hide ingaged in putting up canvas and other things to prepare our room [in the Nauvoo temple]. W. W. Phelps...

Joseph Sr. is released from Canandaigua jail after thirty days. [Vogel, Dan, Early Mormon Documents, Appendix B: Chronology, 1771-1831, h...

[Angus M. Cannon] It was near 9 as I reached my office and was called on by Bro[ther]. Samuel Newton, who desired to know who he could get ...

In the Second District Court, at Beaver, Judge Thomas J. Anderson re-affirmed his former ruling, that alien "Mormons" were not ent...

[Apostle Marriner W. Merrill] Wednesday. I went to our Quorum meeting at 10 a. m. fasting. Met in the Prayer Circle. Abram H. Cannon was pr...

Today about Sixty Pima and Papago Indi- ans assembled and we held a meeting. The indians were very much interested. One man in particular he...

[Payson School of the Prophets] .... We should cease fault finding, bickerings, and strife and cultivate peace, love and unity. If we will ...

[Recently excommunicated apostle William] Wm. Smiths goods ware sold. J. [Jedediah] Grant bid [auctioned] them. This was done by the Twelve ...

Hugh B. Brown of the First Presidency passes away in Salt Lake City on the same day as Elder ElRay L. Christiansen, Assistant to the Quorum ...

[Abraham H. Cannon] The question was asked if Temple work could be done for people who were once in the Church, but gradually grew cold and...