On 2/20 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 2/20

1851: endowment ceremony is again administered on regular basis in such places as Brigham Young’s office and upper room of Council House.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1853: Brigham Young speaks concerning Mormons who say the judgment of living prophets “is superior to mine, and consequentîy I let you judge for me." He says that such Latter-day Saints do not possess “the true independence of heaven," and consequently “will never be capable of entering into the celestial glory, to be crowned as they anticipate; they will never be capable of becoming gods.” Young says that Mormons should depend on “the influences of the Holy Spirit” and “their own understanding.”
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1854: Wiìliam H. Dame receives patriarchal blessing: “Thou shalt be called to act at the head of a portion of thy brethren and of the Lamanites in the redemption of Zion and the avenging of the blood of the Prophets.” He orders Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1870: Brigham Young preaches, "Now the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes every word of truth believed in by the holy Catholic Church."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1872: unsuccessful statehood convention which drafts a proposed constitution that allows Congress to add an anti-polygamy clause. Of this, his non-Mormon friend Thomas L. Kane writes Brigham Young: "I will not probably be able to recommend the pretended acceptance by your citizens of a Constitution containing features repugnant to their principles. As regards the actual abandonment of polygamy, that is a question between you and your God. And I have naught to say on it. But Duplicity, I see, without a shadow, will not be good policy for you."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1904: first (verified) suicide of a full-time LDS missionary. He shoots himself as he is returning to Utah.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1907: Apostle Reed Smoot retains his seat in the U.S. Senate, after a three-year "trial."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1912: a First Presidency letter denies the essentials of Brigham Young's Adam-God teachings, by focusing exclusively on his first 1852 sermon, and makes no reference to his Adam-God sermons during the remaining twenty-five years of Young's life.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1993: Second counselor Thomas S. Monson speaks at the rededication ceremony for the Roman Catholic church's Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, also attended by Apostles James E. Faust and Neal A. Maxwell.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1993: In response to an LDS man and woman separately preparing simplified English versions of the Book of Mormon, the First Presidency officially prohibits such a "translation" as undermining the ancient origins of scripture. The man withdraws but Lynn Matthews Anderson publishes her revision in 1994.
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.