On 2/24 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 2/24

1945: The Deseret News "Church News" prints a letter concerning LDS captain Denmark C. Jensen of Idaho during the U.S. invasion of the Philippines: "The next day -Christmas Day-Mark issued the same order [to his men], that they were not to kill any Japs they found but to send for him. During the course of the day another Jap was located with his rifle by his side, bathing his feet in a small mountain stream. They called Mark and unobserved he crept up on the Jap, took his rifle away from him and led his captive down to his waiting men." Captain Jensen explains that "it just didn't seem right to kill even a Jap on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day-the time we have set aside to commemorate the birth of our Lord and Savior."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1960: Counselor J. Reuben Clark tells BYU's president: "You have got some members of the faculty who are destroying the faith of our students. You ought to get rid of them."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1962: The Church News reports that 3,500 teams and 50,000 players are involved in an all-church basketball tournament. For the final playoffs the teams come to Salt Lake City from throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Basketball is the most popular of the all-church team sports which also includes softball and volleyball. However, from 1958 to 1971 more than thirty stakes have been organized outside of North America, and their youth obviously cannot participate in such tournaments. In 1971 church headquarters ends the "all-Church" sports competitions.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1971: A meeting of 150 students on BYU's campus condemns the U.S. participation in the Vietnam War. Among them is Apostle Spencer W. Kimball's grandson, a registered conscientious objector and returned missionary. He and several members of the group soon publish a pamphlet, 'To the Men of BYU,' which encourages them to consider conscientious objection against this war. Surveys by BYU sociologists find that about 10 percent of BYU students oppose the Vietnam War.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1974: During his formal presentation to a high priest meeting in a Salt Lake City ward, Reed C. Durham Jr. says: "There was a revelation that John Taylor received and we have it in his handwriting. We've analyzed the handwriting... The revelation is dated September 27; that fits this account of a meeting, 1886, and this revelation is very short." Durham is the director of the LDS institute and president of the Mormon History Association.
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.