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Historic events in New Mormon History on 2/28
1850: incorporation of University of Deseret (later Utah).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1853: Millard Fillmore writes Utah’s congressional delegate John M. Bernhiscl (a member of Council of Fifty), "my thanks for the beautiful copy of the ‘Book of Mormon.’” Fillmore is apparently first U.S. president in accept copy of Book of Mormon but may not have even opened it.. He appoints Brigham Young as Utah’s first governor who gratefully names Fillmore, Utah, as territorial capital from 1851 to 1858.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1919: over the opposition of Apostle David O. McKay, the First Presidency and Twelve vote to "summon" the recent plural wives to tell who performed their polygamous marriages. The Apostles excommunicate their husbands this day for refusing to answer that question.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1967: A Brigham Young University student publicly admits that under the direction of BYU's president, he and ten other undergraduates ocmmitted classroom "espionage" on eight professors to document their liberal "political convictions." All student-spies are members of the John Birch Society and of BYU's on-campus Young Americans for Freedom. After the immediate, official denial by BYU's administration, two weeks later President Ernest L. Wilkinson tells a faculty meeting, "I must accept responsibility," but claims "there is misinformation in the charges." Political science professor Edwin B. Morrell resigns as the department chair in protest, remains on the faculty, and later becomes the First Presidency's representative in helping to establish missions in Communist eastern Europe.
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.
1850: incorporation of University of Deseret (later Utah).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1853: Millard Fillmore writes Utah’s congressional delegate John M. Bernhiscl (a member of Council of Fifty), "my thanks for the beautiful copy of the ‘Book of Mormon.’” Fillmore is apparently first U.S. president in accept copy of Book of Mormon but may not have even opened it.. He appoints Brigham Young as Utah’s first governor who gratefully names Fillmore, Utah, as territorial capital from 1851 to 1858.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1919: over the opposition of Apostle David O. McKay, the First Presidency and Twelve vote to "summon" the recent plural wives to tell who performed their polygamous marriages. The Apostles excommunicate their husbands this day for refusing to answer that question.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1967: A Brigham Young University student publicly admits that under the direction of BYU's president, he and ten other undergraduates ocmmitted classroom "espionage" on eight professors to document their liberal "political convictions." All student-spies are members of the John Birch Society and of BYU's on-campus Young Americans for Freedom. After the immediate, official denial by BYU's administration, two weeks later President Ernest L. Wilkinson tells a faculty meeting, "I must accept responsibility," but claims "there is misinformation in the charges." Political science professor Edwin B. Morrell resigns as the department chair in protest, remains on the faculty, and later becomes the First Presidency's representative in helping to establish missions in Communist eastern Europe.
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.
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