On 10/9 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 10/9

1848: arsonist burns Nauvoo temple. Its ruins are leveled by tornado on 27 May 1850.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1856: in midst of Utah Reformation’s frenzy, Apostle Wilford Woodruff notes, “The spirit of God is like flame among the Leaders of this people & they are throwing the arrows of the Almighty among the people.”
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1868: Brigham Young adjourns the Council of Fifty. He never reconvenes it again.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1872: Brigham Young and his counselors are each sustained as "Prophet, Seer and Revelator." This is the first conference in 1859 which sustains anyone with that title. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are not presented in this manner at this conference, and from 8 Apr. 1873 until his death Young is the only church officer sustained by conferences as "Prophet, Seer and Revelator."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1882: Apostle Erastus Snow preaches that early Mormons "supposed that our Prophet was going to continue with us until the coming of the Savior."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1883: in several hours of meetings with stake presidents, the First Presidency and apostles give instructions about "Masturbation... self-pollution of both sexes & excessive [sexual] indulgence in the married relation." This is the first-known Mormon reference to female masturbation.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1884: the last time the Council of Fifty formally convenes; its last surviving member dies in 1945.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1889: Salt Lake stake high council excommunicates an elder for having a local bishop perform an unauthorized plural marriage for him four years earlier. Stake authorities had not authorized the marriage because the youn woman has "negro blood in her veins." The first counselor says her father is "about 1/6 Nigger from his appearance."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1947: The First Presidency and apostles decide to allow faithful African-American Mormons to receive patriarchal blessings, and Patriarch Eldred G. Smith blesses a black couple.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1971: The Deseret News publishes on the front page of the local section a First Presidency statement which condemns the upcoming Salt Lake City performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as "a profane and sacrilegious attack upon true Christianity." Although the statement advises everyone to oppose this production, an audience fills the Salt Palace to "near capacity" for the musical's only scheduled performance on 12 Oct.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1993: An LDS church-sponsored picnic hosts ambassadors and other diplomats from thirty-three countries at the Marriott family's farm in Hume, Virginia. With at least one LDS apostle in cowboy clothing provided to all attenders, this "Ambassadorial Western Family Picnic" is an annual event attended by diplomats from an ever-larger number of nations.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1994: Howard W. Hunter dedicates the temple near Orlando, Florida.
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.