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Historic events in New Mormon History on 4/11

1876: stake president Francis M. Lyman spends the day studying Buddhism and Confucianism. Four days later he studies Hindu philosophy for half-day.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1890: Canada's Parliament increases the penalty for polygamy from two years to five years imprisonment.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1901: organization of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Although such statewide organization for both males and females has existed since 1907, a separateorganization for male descendants is formed in 1935.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1992: The Salt Lake Tribune reports that general authority Loren C. Dunn has censored a church display commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Relief Society. He orders the removal of Joseph Smith's statements regarding the priestly role of women.
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.
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