On 11/1 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 11/1

1853: first issue of British Mission’s Journal of Discourses, most famous collection of Mormon sermons which had been published previously in Deseret News.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1918: Joseph F. Smith dictates a "thus saith the Lord" revelation concerning the disbursement of tithing funds. This revelation is not presented to a meeting of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve until 8 Apr. 1943. Text available but never published or canonized.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1922: the day after Heber J. Grant joins in a public appeal for the election of a man as county sheriff, the First Presidency issues a statement that the church feels "free to use its influence in the promotion of good legislation, honest administration of government and matters calculated to benefit the state and its people."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1972: (November) The church's bureaucracy ("administrative departments") begins moving into the new 28-story Church Office Building. LDS bureaucracy is already larger than the building's capacity, and some unites never move in. Other administrative departments stay in "the tower" only until they establish their own separate quarters. The Church Office Building is not dedicated (and therefore not paid for) until 1975.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1975: A Church News article about Kathy Devine, an LDS shotputter and Olympic aspirant who criticizes those who "think all girls should be out baking cookies somewhere."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1977: Spencer W. Kimball dedicates the Osmond Family Studio in Orem, Utah.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1989: The announcement that full-time female missionaries will be only guides for traditional tours of Temple Square, Salt Lake City.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1993: Richard A. Searfoss, a Mormon lieutenant-colonel, pilots 'Columbia' back to earth after fourteen days in orbit, the longest space-shuttle flight to this date.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1995: Five BYU professors submit an officially-commissioned, four-year study of LDS applicants for freshmen admission (1971-88). Findings show that active Mormons who attend BYU "even for only one semester" have significantly higher rates of temple marriage, tithing payment, and belief in LDS doctrines than Mormons who attend other colleges. Although survey participants are age twenty-six to mid-forties, 20 percent "of the marriage respondents in both groups remianed childless." BYU's spokesperson says that the executive committee of the Board of Trustees decides to suppress this report because "we already get a lot of pressure about admission to BYU and release of this study would only make that worse." Since 1973 the enrollment limit of 27,000 means that "only a small and shrinking minority of Mormon youth," can attend BYU. No spokesperson at LDS headquarters or at BYU comments on the evidence of long-term birth-control by married couples who are actively LDS. Despite contrary statements of BYU's spokesperson and sources at church headquarters, BYU president Bateman denies in February 1996 that the board has made any decision about circulating this study's findings.
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.