On 2/25 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 2/25

1881: Deseret News reports that first counselor Joseph F. Smith and Apostle Wilford Woodruff set apart seven recent graduates of Dr. Romania B. Pratt's course in midwifery.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1900: a returned missionary from the Southern States Mission speaks in tongues at the Salt Lake Tabernacle and gives "the interpretation which was very beautiful." This may not be the first time, but is probably the last, that someone speaks in an "unknown tongue" (glossolalia) in the Tabernacle.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1949: In a discussion of African-American segregation, second counselor David O. McKay says, "the South knows how to handle them and they do not have any trouble, and the colored people are better off down there."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1978: The Church News reports that twenty-three-year-old Lynda McIntosh, fluent in three languages, is Britain's Receptionist of the Year.
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.