On 10/27 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 10/27

1869: Brigham Young preaches at Lehi, Utah, that "by marriage Lot's two daughters were sealed to him, & will be his to all eternity." Young adds that it might one day become necessary to seal a man's daughter to him as a wife, "but it is not likely ever again to occur." There are verified instances of LDS leaders performing polygamous marriages between men and their foster-daughters or step-daughters, but not actual daughters.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1892: first counselor George Q. Cannon tells the apostles that Utah's newly appointed U.S. marshal has instructions from the Republican administration in Washington, D.C., to "do as he was directed by the heads of the Mormon Church... He had expressed his willingness to do so, and had sent such word to the Presidency."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1942: Helmuth Huebener, age seventeen, is the first Mormon the Gestapo executes (by beheading). He leads the anti-Nazi resistance group involving two other German LDS teenagers who are sent to concentration camps. To protect other Mormons from Nazi reprisals, Hamburg branch president excommunicates Huebener shortly after his arrest. On 24 Jan. 1948 the First Presidency orders the following notation to appear on Huebener's membership record: "Excommuncation is done by mistake."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1962: In the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Apostle Ezra Taft Benson publicly endorses the John Birch Society as "the most effective non-church organization in our fight against creeping socialism and godless Communism," and his son Reed A. Benson announces that he is the Utah coordinator of the society.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1980: Spencer W. Kimball dedicates the temple at Tokyo, Japan.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1983: Second counselor Gordon B. Hinckley dedicates the temple near Papeete, Tahiti.
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.