On 10/10 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 10/10

1880: conference sustains John Taylor as church president with George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors. None of the members of this First Presidency are set apart. Taylor is the only church president born outside the United States or its territories.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1898: Lorenzo Snow is "set apart" (not ordained) as church president, and his counselors are also set apart. This is the first time that members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are set apart for service in the First Presidency. Rudger Clawson is ordained an apostle, the first convicted felon to become a member of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1901: Lorenzo Snow's death. The first time a church president dies before being able to set apart or function with new counselors publicly sustained at general conference, Joseph F. Smith as first and Rudger Clawson as second counselor.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1906: mission president tells Apostle Francis M. Lyman, "President Taylor died in exile for this principle and he gave men authority to perform the ceremony of marriage which authority I have been told was never revoked-etc."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1917: 145th Field Artillery regiment departs Utah for duty in the "Great War" (World War I). Nearly all of its 1,300 to 1,500 officers and enlisted men are LDS, so the unit is nicknamed "the Mormon regiment." Seventy's president B.H. Roberts serves in the regiment as a chaplain. He is the first active general authority since 1846 to participate in a U.S. war and is among the first three Mormons to serve as U.S. military chaplains. There are 665 deaths (including missing-in-action) among the 21,000 Utahns (primarily Mormons) who serve in World War I.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1934: The First Presidency and newly appointed apostle Alonzo A. Hinckley agree that Heber J. Grant should ask Los Angeles stake president Leo J. Muir to "stop working for [Upton] Sinclair," the Socialist Party candidate for California governor. Grant publicly opposes Sinclair's election.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1951: meeting of the Twelve discusses the previous "controversy" between President Joseph F. Smith and his second counselor Charles W. Penrose over whether it is necessary to confer the priesthood before ordaining to an office. This does not become churchwide policy again for almost six years.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1972: First Presidency letter: "We are concerned that adequate attention be given to members of the Church who do not speak the language of the majority where they live." It authorizes wards and branches to have priesthood and auxiliary classes taught in foreign languages, or the organization of branches/wards for a sufficient number of Mormons who speak foreign languages. This fulfills Apostle Spencer W. Kimball's earnest proposal to a temple meeting on 1 July 1970.
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.