On 3/1 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 3/1

1869: the opening of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1895: some non-Mormons are given a tour of the dedicated Salt Lake temple interior.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1962: (March) The age for full-time proselytizing missions is lowered to nineteen for males, while sixteen-year-old boys can serve as full-time labor missionaries in the Pacific islands, Europe, and Latin America. Likewise, while most females continue to wait until age twenty-one for missionary service, mission presidents outside the United States can call women as young as seventeen to serve as full-time missionaries within their resident mission area.
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.