On This Latter-day in History
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Daily fun facts from this day in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The pioneers pressed on with unshakable courage. We may have once urged them onward—and now they may be our ministering angels, helping us prepare the Kingdom of God for Christ’s glorious return. Let us honor them by pressing forward in faith.
"The day will come when you will be glad you have every acre of it. “The time will come when there will be no public places available that will provide the atmosphere and the safety required for the activity of our youth groups, Church members, as well as Stake and Ward…
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On this day in Church history: July 25, 1887 The Prophet John Taylor dies at age 78 in Kaysville, Utah. At the time, President Taylor was in hiding from federal officials who pursued him on polygamy charges.
On this day in Church history: July 24, 1847 The Exodus led by the American Moses concludes upon the Saints’ arrival in the Promised Land. In due time, and by the grace of God, the desert came to blossom as a rose.
On this day in Church history: July 23, 1981 The Apostle Gordon B. Hinckley is set apart as Third Counselor in the First Presidency. The occasion stands as the most recent time that a President of the Church (in this case, Spencer W. Kimball) has had more than two counselors.
On this day in Church history: July 22, 1934 FBI Special Agent Samuel Cowley leads a manhunt and shootout that ends in the death of the infamous Chicago gangster and “Public Enemy Number One”, John Dillinger. Cowley, himself a Latter-day Saint, was the son of the Apostle…
On this day in Church history: July 21, 1849 Addison Pratt receives the first Endowment administered in Deseret. The sacred occasion took place atop Ensign Peak. In an 1841 revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith (now canonized as Doctrine and Covenants 124), the Lord…
Approximately 3,000 people gathered on the sunny but chilly grounds of Maputsoe Sports Stadium in Maputsoe, Lesotho, on the morning of Saturday, July 19, 2025, to honor and remember the individuals who tragically lost their lives in late June while traveling to a Church Young…
On this day in Church history: July 19, 1876 The Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith is born in Salt Lake City.
On this day in Church history: July 18, 1961 The Apostle Patrick Kearon is born in Carlisle, England.
On this day in Church history: July 17, 1992 President George Bush meets with the Prophet Ezra Taft Benson at Church headquarters. Later in the evening, President Bush made a surprise appearance at a Tabernacle Choir concert.
On this day in Church history: July 16 1846 - The Mormon Battalion is organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa, becoming the only religious unit in American military history. 1847 - The Mormon Battalion is formally discharged at Los Angeles.
On this day in Church history: July 15, 1929 From the Crossroads of the West, 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 is broadcast for the first time. Now in its 97th year, this weekly performance of the Tabernacle Choir is the longest-running network broadcast in…
On this day in Church history: July 14, 1849 Following the discovery of gold in California, local Latter-day Saints send gold dust back to Salt Lake City as tithing. Several veterans of the Mormon Battalion were among those who discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill, igniting the…
On this day in Church history: July 13, 1859 Horace Greeley, editor of the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘦, holds a widely published two-hour news interview with the Prophet Brigham Young at the Beehive House. This interview (now a common format) was the first of its kind.
On this day in Church history: July 10, 1804 Emma Smith is born in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
On this day in Church history: July 9, 1875 Martin Harris bears final testimony of the veracity of the Book of Mormon on his deathbed. Harris, one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, died the following day at age 92 in Clarkston, Utah Territory. “Yes, I did see the…
This is fascinating. IIRC, Joseph Fielding Smith loved to joke that his first church assignment was to accompany Brigham Young to dedicate the St. George Temple. He did go to St. George with his parents (his father was a counselor to President Young)--when he was a year old!
There have been three periods in history when a majority of the 17 presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been alive at the same time: (1) The period of 1876–1877 Wherein the following Prophets were living contemporaries of each other: • Brigham…
There have been three periods in history when a majority of the 17 presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been alive at the same time: (1) The period of 1876–1877 Wherein the following Prophets were living contemporaries of each other: • Brigham…
On this day in Church history: July 8, 1775 Lucy Mack Smith is born in the town of Gilsum in the British colonial Province of New Hampshire. The beloved mother of the Prophet was preceded in death by seven of her eleven children as well as her husband, Joseph Smith Sr. Mother…
