On 12/5 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 12/5

1891: stake president relates an "incident of the Prophet Joseph telling Dimic[k] B Huntington... that Noah built the Ark in the Land where South Carolina is now."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1979: The announcement of the excommunication of Sonia Johnson, president of the Mormons for the ERA. Charged with apostasy she unsuccessfully appeals the decision to the First Presidency (which already authorized this "local action"). Johnson's case becomes the top story in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and on network television news. The resulting non-Mormon criticism of the church and Johnson's own subsequent radicalization drive many LDS moderates away from their prior support of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment and into acceptance of the church's anti-ERA position.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1990: Leftist guerrillas bomb four LDS chapels in Chile to protest the arrival of U.S. president George Bush the next day. Later they order the congregation to leave the LDS chapel in Santiago, burn it to the ground, and scatter pamphlets condemning the U.S. role in the Persian Gulf War.
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.