On 12/2 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 12/2

1877: Joseph F. Smith writes about the newly limited compensation for the apostles: "One man [probably John W. Young], for instance, who has drawn $16,000 per year from the tithing office for his support, has been cut down to 2,000 per year. Thus some of the leaks are plugged up and we hope to be able by and by to build the temple."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1883: first counselor George Q. Cannon preaches: "It is not the true condition for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be in, to be petted by the world, to have favor showered upon it by the world, because we ought not to be of the world."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1890: Apostle Lorenzo Snow tells the Quorum of the Twelve that "he expect[s] to see the day when a man's blood will be shed for the crime of adultery."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1892: Wilford Woodruff instructs Lorenzo Snow, the next-ranked apostle, to organize the new First Presidency immediately after the church president's death.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1902: President Joseph F. Smith issues a press release that the church does not sanction marriages contracted in violation of the laws of the land.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1981: A First Presidency letter that divorced persons now "may be granted permission to go to the temple by the stake president without clearance by the First Presidency." The number of LDS divorces is now too large to handle at church headquarters.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1982: LDS physician William C. DeVries performs the first successful implant of an artificial human heart in Barney B. Clark, also LDS, who survives 112 days.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1983: Second counselor Gordon B. Hinckley dedicates the temple at Mexico City, Mexico.
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.