[Joseph F. Smith] First President of the Church to tour Europe during his administration. (1)
-- Sep 21, 1906
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Hannah Maria Libbey Smith, the "aunt" who reared him, dies in Provo at age seventy-eight. (2)
-- Oct 18, 1906
[Spencer W. Kimball] His mother dies. (3)
-- 1906
Church Membership at end of year: 345,014
New Converts : 12,966
Percent Change from previous year: 3.90% (4)
[David O McKay] Ordained an Apostle by President Joseph F. Smith. (5)
[Deseret] Open pit copper mining starts in Bingham Canyon. (6)
Sunday School initiated first class for adults. (7)
-- Jan 10, 1907
[Financial] Joseph F. Smith announces that the church has paid its final two bond issues (valued at $500,000 each), thereby becoming entirely free of debt. (8)
Joseph F. Smith announced that the Church was finally out of debt after financial problems stemming from antipolygamy movement. (7)
-- Feb 20, 1907
[Quorum of the Twelve] A motion to remove Reed Smoot from the U.S. Senate is defeated. (See Smoot Hearings) (9)
[Smoot Hearings] The Senate fails to sustain the resolution against Smoot, who retains his Senate seat. (10)
-- During 1907 February
Reed Smoot retained his seat in the Senate after lengthy hearings of the Smoot Case. (7)
-- Jun 9, 1907
[Harold B. Lee] Baptized by Lester Bybee, Clifton, Idaho. (11)
Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - History to Go, Mining and Railroad, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/miningandrailroad.html
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282148/
9 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
10 - Paulos, Michael Harold (editor), The Mormon Church on Trial: Transcripts of the Reed Smoot Hearings
11 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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