On 3/13 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 3/13

1849: Apostle George A. Smith writes sixteen-year-old Joseph Smith III, asking him to come to Utah, with or without his mother.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1890: a plural wife writes of her husband: "We are more like lovers than husband and wife for we are so far removed from each other [-] there is always the embarrassment of lovers and yet we have been married more than 37 years."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1937: The Deseret News Church Section article "Introducing The Home Evening," is an indication of the inability of headquarters for two decades to persuade LDS members to adopt this practice.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1976: LaMoin Merkley, LDS high priest, enters the Hall of Fame of intercollegiate athletics (wrestling). Mark Schultz, convert, enters the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (1995).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1992: Joseph Anderson dies at age 102, the oldest surviving general authority in Mormon history. He had been an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy since 1978.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1995: A new LDS president answers questions at a press conference, the first time in 22 years.
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.