On 10/13 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 10/13

1860: Apostle Orson Hyde intervenes to spare William A. Hickman from excommunication and tells bishopric: "a man may steal and be influenced by the spirit of the Lord to do it, that Hickman had done it in years past." The bishop reluctantly acquits him.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1873: The Salt Lake City School of the Prophets discusses the practice of Patriarch John Smith and others who ordain infant boys to priesthood. Second counselor Daniel H. Wells "said some had ordained children when they thought they would die-this had been a comfort to some parents, though there was no law or revelation given for or against it, consequently he could not see any harm or wrong in having it done, neither could he think there was any particular virtue in it."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1882: John Taylor announces a revelation appointing two men he had wanted as apostles since the previous April: George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant. Of this appointment, Apostle John Henry Smith complains that the newly appointed apostle George Teasdale "is distasteful to me in his sycophantic manner" and that Heber J. Grant does not have "a testimony of the truth." This revelation requires plural marriage for all presiding officers. Accepted by the First Presidency and Twelve on 14 Oct. 1882. The church authorities publish this as a pamphlet in Salt Lake City, and in editions of the Doctrine and Covenants: Swedish in 1888; German in 1893, 1903, and 1920; Danish in 1900. The 1882 revelation is never canonized by a conference vote and is not added to the English language editions of the D&C.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1892: at a prayer circle of the First Presidency and apostles, "Pres. Woodruff was mouth in the prayer and he made a very strong appeal to the Lord in behalf of Mrs. [Benjamin] Harrison, who is afflicted with some lung disease. The President of the United States had asked that we pray for his wife."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1917: The Deseret News reports that "Bishop Robert McQuarrie has resigned from the bishopric of the Ogden Second ward after rendering efficient service as bishop for a period of 40 years." During Mormonism's first century, presiding officers have the option to honorably resign for personal reasons such as family stress, business problems, ill health, or simply weariness of the position. It is customary to tell their congregation.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1996: Gordon B. Hinckley dedicates the Mount Timpanogos temple at American Fork, Utah.
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.