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1875 10 June—Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association organized.
10 July—Martin Harris died in Clarkston, Utah.
9 October—Salt Lake Tabernacle dedicated.
16 October—Brigham Young Academy founded in Provo, Utah.

1876 New edition of Doctrine and Covenants prepared under Orson Pratt's direction with 24 new sections.
14 July—Sidney Rigdon died at Friendship, New York.
19 July—Joseph Fielding Smith born in Salt Lake City.

1877 23 March—John D. Lee executed for his participation in Mountain Meadows Massacre.
6 April—Dedication of St. George Temple.
11 July—First Presidency circular letter outlined Church organization.
29 August—Brigham Young died.
4 September—Twelve Apostles sustained as leaders of the Church under John Taylor.

1878 25 August—Primary organized.

1879 6 January—U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of antipolygamy legislation in the George Reynolds case.
4 October—The Contributor began publication.

1880 6 April—Year of Jubilee declared.
10 October—First Presidency reorganized with John Taylor as president; Pearl of Great Price accepted by the Saints as a standard work.

1882 8 January—Assembly Hall on Temple Square dedicated.
22 March—Edmunds Act signed into law.
17 July—Deseret Hospital opened by the Relief Society.

1883 14 April—John Taylor received revelation on the seventies.

1884 17 May—Logan Temple dedicated.

1885 1 February—After delivering his last speech in the Tabernacle, John Taylor went into hiding because of antipolygamy movement.
3 February—Idaho test oath prohibited Mormons from voting.

1887 3 March—Edmunds-Tucker Act became law without signature of Grover Cleveland.
25 July—John Taylor died in hiding; Twelve Apostles lead the Church for nearly two years.
30 July—Federal government disenfranchised the Church, and confiscated Church property.
November—The Church began renting Temple Square and other confiscated property from the government.

1888 25 January—David Whitmer, the last of the Three Witnesses, died in Richmond, Missouri.
17 May—Manti Temple dedicated in a private session. It was publicly dedicated 21-23 May.

1889 6 April—First Relief Society conference.
7 April—Wilford Woodruff sustained as president of the Church.
October—Young Woman's Journal began publication.
November—Endowment House razed.

1890 6 October—The Saints sustained President Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto stopping the performance of new plural marriages.

1891 March—Relief Society became a charter organization of the National Council of Women.

1893 4 January—U.S. president Benjamin Harrison granted amnesty to polygamists.
6 April—Dedication of Salt Lake Temple.
8 September—Tabernacle Choir performed at Chicago World's Fair.

1894 April—"Law of adoption" ended.
13 November—Genealogical Society of Utah organized.

1895 28 March—Spencer W. Kimball born in Salt Lake City.

1896 4 January—Utah became a state.
6 April—Political manifesto issued publicly.
5 November—Fast day changed from first Thursday to first Sunday of the month.

1897 November—Improvement Era began publication.

1898 2 September—Wilford Woodruff died.
13 September—Lorenzo Snow ordained and set apart as president of the Church.
April—Conference Reports began regular twice-yearly publication.

1899 Articles of Faith, by James E. Talmage, published.
28 March—Harold B. Lee born in Clifton, Idaho.
17 May—Lorenzo Snow received revelation on tithing in St. George, Utah.
4 August—Ezra Taft Benson born in Whitney, Idaho.

1900 25 January—U.S. House of Representatives denied B. H. Roberts his seat.

1901 12 August—Apostle Heber J. Grant dedicated Japan for the preaching of the gospel.
10 October—Lorenzo Snow died.
17 October—Joseph F. Smith ordained and set apart as president of the Church.

1902 First volume of History of the Church, edited by B. H. Roberts, published; new edition of Pearl of Great Price prepared under the direction of James E. Talmage.
January—Children's Friend first published.
4 August—Bureau of Information opened on Temple Square.

1903 15 October—Brigham Young Academy became Brigham Young University.
5 November—Church purchased Carthage Jail.

1904 March—Hearings opened in U.S. Senate concerning Reed Smoot's right to hold the seat to which he had been elected (see Smoot Case).
5 April—Second Manifesto on plural marriage issued by Joseph F. Smith.
April 14—Church repurchased 25 acres of the land originally bought in 1831 at Independence, Missouri.

1905 1 January—Dr. William H. Groves's Latter-day Saint Hospital opened.
28 October—Apostles John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley resigned from the Quorum of Twelve on disagreement over plural marriage.
23 December—Church dedicated Joseph Smith memorial cottage and monument in Vermont.

1906 Sunday School initiated first class for adults.
Summer—Joseph F. Smith became first Church president to visit Europe.

1907 Church established Zions Printing and Publishing Company in Independence, Missouri.
10 January—Joseph F. Smith announced that the Church was finally out of debt after financial problems stemming from antipolygamy movement.
February—Reed Smoot retained his seat in the Senate after lengthy hearings of the Smoot Case.
June—George Albert Smith purchased 100-acre Smith Farm in Manchester, New York, for the Church.
14 November—Howard W. Hunter born in Boise, Idaho.
7 December—Charles W. Nibley became presiding bishop and began implementing several financial changes, including a shift to an all-cash policy in collecting tithing.

1908 8 April—General Priesthood Committee created; it specified ages for ordination to priesthood offices.

1909 Weekly ward priesthood meetings inaugurated.
Church acquired property at Far West, Missouri.
November—First Presidency proclamation entitled "Origin of Man" published in the Improvement Era.

1910 January—Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine began publication.
23 June—Gordon B. Hinckley born in Salt Lake City.

1911 Church opened Hotel Utah.
Church adopted Boy Scout program.
15 April—Collier's magazine published a letter from U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt refuting false charges made against the Church.
26 October—First stake missionaries called in Granite Utah Stake.

1912 Exodus from Mexican colonies during Mexican revolution.
James E. Talmage published The House of the Lord.
Fall—First seminary opened at Granite High School, Salt Lake City.
8 November—Correlation Committee, headed by David O. McKay, was established by First Presidency to prevent duplication in auxiliary programs.

1913 Church established Maori Agricultural College in New Zealand.

1915 January—Relief Society Magazine began publication.
September—James E. Talmage published Jesus the Christ.

1916 30 June—Official declaration of the First Presidency issued on the identities of God and Jesus, titled "The Father and the Son."

1917 6 April—United States entered World War I, which began in 1914.
2 October—Church Administration Building completed.

1918 May—Relief Society sold stored wheat to the U.S. government to alleviate war shortages.
3 October—Joseph F. Smith received vision of the redemption of the dead (D&C 138).
11 November—Armistice ended World War I.
19 November—Joseph F. Smith died.
23 November—Heber J. Grant ordained and set apart as president of the Church.

1919 Church membership reached half a million (see Growth).
27 November—Heber J. Grant dedicated Hawaii Temple.

1920 Church decided to close its academies.

1921 Essentials in Church History, by Joseph Fielding Smith, published.
M-Men and Gleaner programs established for young adults.
24 December—David O. McKay concludes 56,000-mile tour of the missions of the world.

1922 May—Primary Children's Hospital opened.
6 May—First use of the radio for Church purposes with broadcast of message by Heber J. Grant.

1923 Church purchased part of the Hill Cumorah.
26 August—Cardston Alberta Temple dedicated.

1924 Church purchased radio station KZN and changed call letters to KSL; in October general conference broadcast by radio for first time.

1925 Missionary Home opened in Salt Lake City.
25 December—South America dedicated for missionary work by Melvin J. Ballard.

1926 Fall—First institute of religion initiated at University of Idaho.
25 September—Peter Whitmer Farm in Fayette, New York, acquired by the Church.

1927 23 October—Arizona Temple at Mesa dedicated.

1928 Large portion of the Hill Cumorah purchased by the Church.
100th stake organized at Lehi, Utah.
Adult Sunday School class named Gospel Doctrine.

1929 15 July—Tabernacle Choir began weekly network broadcasting.
24 July—Czechoslovakia Mission opened, the first in Eastern Europe.
29 October—Stock Market crash precipitated great depression.

1930 6 April—Church celebrated centennial; B. H. Roberts's Comprehensive History of the Church officially published for this occasion.

1931 All Church junior colleges, except Ricks, transferred to states.
6 April—Church News introduced by Deseret News.

1932 2 April—Church began reemphasis on living the Word of Wisdom, launching a campaign against the use of tobacco.

1933 1 June—Church opened a large exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair.
26 July—First historic marker in Nauvoo, Illinois, placed by the Relief Society.
Fall—Program launched to reactivate men later designated as prospective elders.

1935 Church had its own exhibit building at the California-Pacific International Exposition.
20 April—Harold B. Lee appointed to formulate Welfare Program.
21 July—Hill Cumorah Monument dedicated by Heber J. Grant.
22 August—Gordon B. Hinckley appointed executive secretary of newly formed Radio, Publicity, and Mission Literature Committee.

1936 April—Supervision of stake missions given to the First Council of the Seventy, and missions were soon organized in every stake.
7 April—Welfare Program introduced under the title Church Security Program.
20 September—Winter Quarters Monument dedicated at Florence, Nebraska.

1937 J. Reuben Clark Jr. challenged Saints to store a year's supply of food, clothing, and, where possible, fuel.
Missionary Handbook first published.
Church purchased 88 acres of the Martin Harris Farm.
January—Aaronic Priesthood ages set at deacon, 12; teacher, 15; priest, 17.
20 February—Wilford Wood purchased a portion of the Nauvoo Temple lot for the Church.
July—First Hill Cumorah Pageant performed.

1938 Church Security Program renamed Welfare Program.
General Church Board of Education formed, composed of general authorities, to replace local boards.
8 August—J. Reuben Clark Jr. delivered address entitled "The Charted Course of the Church in Education."
14 August—First Deseret Industries opened.
November—Nauvoo Temple sealing records became first genealogical records microfilmed by the Church.

1939 Smaller-scale Tabernacle opened as Church pavilion at San Francisco World's Fair.
19 June—Liberty Jail purchased for the Church by Wilford Wood.
24 August—First Presidency began evacuating missionaries from Europe.
1 September—World War II began with German invasion of Poland.

1940 Missionaries evacuated from the South Pacific.

1941 Membership records centralized in presiding bishop's office.
10 millionth endowment performed for the dead.
6 April—First Assistants to the Twelve called.
May—Hugh B. Brown appointed as the LDS Servicemen's Coordinator.
7 December—Attack on Pearl Harbor brought United States into World War II.

1942 October—LDS Servicemen's Committee organized with Harold B. Lee as chair.

1944 July—Church Committee on Publications organized with Joseph Fielding Smith as chair.
November—Genealogical Society of Utah changed its name to Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints.

1945 14 May—Heber J. Grant died.
21 May—George Albert Smith ordained and set apart as eighth president of the Church.
14 August—Japanese surrender ended World War II.
September—Church began calling new mission presidents and reopening missions closed during World War II.
23 September—Idaho Falls Temple dedicated by George Albert Smith.
3 November—George Albert Smith met with U.S. president Harry S Truman to discuss shipment of Church welfare supplies to Europe.

1946 Missionary work resumed in South Pacific under the direction of Matthew Cowley.
January—Church began shipping supplies to Europe to relieve suffering.
4 February—Ezra Taft Benson began his postwar tour of Europe, reopening the area for missionary work.
May—George Albert Smith visited Mexico and helped reunify disaffected Church members.

1947 Church membership reached one million (see Growth).
24 July—This Is the Place Monument dedicated during pioneer centennial.

1949 October—First time general conference publicly broadcast on television.

1950 Indian Student placement program implemented.
LeGrand Richards's book A Marvelous Work and a Wonder published.
September—Early-morning seminary inaugurated in southern California.

1951 4 April—George Albert Smith died.
9 April—David O. McKay sustained as president of the Church.
20 July—Seventies and many married men were asked to serve missions because of missionary shortages during the Korean War.

1952 Church published first official proselyting outline for missionaries.
2 March—New Primary Children's Hospital dedicated.
5 April—Priesthood session of general conference first carried to buildings outside of Temple Square (by direct telephone wire).
25 November—Ezra Taft Benson appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (served 1953-61).
31 December—Primary program incorporated Cub scouts.

1953 25 March—Church announced that missionaries would now report their missions to stake presidencies, not to general authorities.

1954 31 August—Ages for advancement in the Aaronic Priesthood set at deacon, 12; teacher, 14; priest, 16.

1955 11 September—Swiss Temple became first in Europe; films introduced to provide the endowment in various languages.
26 September—Church College of Hawaii (later Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus) opened.

1956 8 January—First student wards and stakes at Brigham Young University.
3 October—Relief Society Building dedicated.

1957 April—Videotape first used to record and rebroadcast general conference.
October—General conference canceled because of flu epidemic.

1958 18 May—New Zealand Stake, in Auckland, became the first outside North America and Hawaii.
20 May—New Zealand Temple, the first in southern hemisphere, dedicated by David O. McKay.

1960 27 March—First stake in Europe organized at Manchester, England.

1961 First use of computers to provide names for temple ordinances.
12 March—Netherlands Stake in The Hague became the first non-English-speaking stake in the Church.
26 June-5 July—Uniform system for teaching investigators introduced as the Church's standard teaching plan at mission presidents' conference in Salt Lake City.
30 September—Priesthood Correlation program instituted.
3 December—First Spanish-speaking stake established in Mexico City.
4 December—Missionary Language Institute opened at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with Ernest J. Wilkins serving as director (see Missionary Training Centers).

1962 March—Age for male missionaries lowered from 20 to 19.
23 July—Tabernacle Choir participated in its first satellite broadcast.
27 July—Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., founded.
10 October—Church purchased short-wave radio station WRUL and began broadcasting to countries outside the United States.

1963 Missionary Language Institute changed to Language Training Mission (see Missionary Training Centers).
Church membership reached 2 million (see Growth).
12 October—Polynesian Cultural Center dedicated in Laie, Hawaii.
December—Construction of Granite Mountain Record Vault completed.

1964 January—Ward priesthood executive committees and correlation councils are formed; home teaching program replaced ward teaching.
April—Church hosted a pavilion at New York World's Fair.
16 November—Oakland Temple dedicated.