On 3/22 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 3/22

1882: enactment of the Edmunds Anti-Polygamy law which disfranchises polygamist men and defines polygamous living as "unlawful cohabitation" punishable by $300 fine, six months' imprisonment, or both. This law supplements Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, which is ineffective due to the difficulty of proving a polygamous ceremony. Unlike the Morrill Act and later the Edmunds-Tucker Act, the constitutionality of the 1882 Edmunds Act is not appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1884: James E. Talmage begins using hashish at Johns Hopkins University as "my physiciological experiment" of its effects. By 6 Apr. he is using twenty grains, "and the effect was felt in a not very agreeable way." Nevertheless, he intends to "vary the trial in the future." This is the last reference in Talmage's diary to using narcotics. Four months later he becomes a member of the stake high council.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1919: "'THE NIGGER' is the new production to be given at the Social Hall," proclaims the Deseret News with the explanation: "'The Nigger' is distinctively Southern. It is a romance based on Southern ideals and the race problem."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1933: The Quorum of the Twelve unanimously recommends Eldred G. Smith as the new Patriarch to the Church. Since 1932, Heber J. Grant has told the apostles that he wants his son-in-law Willard R. Smith as the new patriarch, but he expects them to nominate him. Otherwise "people would say he had set aside Hyrum G. Smith's son in order to give position to his own son-in-law." President Grant refuses to accept the Twelve's unanimous recommendation of Hyrum G.'s son in 1933, and the stand-off leaves the office vacant for another nine years. Excluding the patrilineal office of Church Patriarch, twenty-nine sons of general authorities are appointed during the first century of the Mormon hierarchy. This accounts for 23.6 percent of the total appointments. Only eight sons of former general authorities are appointed as general authorities from 1932-1996: one in 1938, two in 1941, one in 1942, one in 1945, one in 1969, one in 1975, and one in 1996.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1947: The last weekly list of excommunicated Mormons in the Church News. The final list gives names in California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Utah.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1970: The first stake is formed in Africa (Transvaal, South Africa).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1977: H. Tracy Hall receives the International Prize for New Materials from the American Physical Society for synthesizing diamonds. David M. Grant receives the highest award of the American Chemical Society in 1990 for his "pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscoy." Both are BYU professors.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn



To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.