LDS History, May 17, 1910

-- May 17, 1910
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Leaves for Liverpool, England, arriving on 4 June 1910. (1)

-- Jun 23, 1910
Gordon B. Hinckley born in Salt Lake City. (2)

-- Jul 20, 1910
[U.S. Religious History] The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri, an early forerunner of the American Religious Right, instituted a campaign to ban movies depicting kissing between non-relatives. (3)

-- Sep 1, 1910
The first recordings of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are made for the Columbia Phonograph Company. (4)

-- 1910
Church Membership at end of year: 398,478
New Converts : 21,199
Percent Change from previous year: 5.62% (5)

[Deseret] Rainbow Bridge made a National Monument. (6)

-- During 1910-1940
[Periodicals] Utah Genealogical and Historical Society of Utah Magazine; Genealogical Salt Lake City, Utah (Periodical) (7)

-- Mar 13, 1911
[U.S. Religious History] L. Ron Hubbard, science-fiction author and founder of Scientology, was born. (3)

-- Apr 15, 1911
Collier's magazine published a letter from U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt refuting false charges made against the Church. (2)

-- During 1911 June
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Goes East with other members of the Utah Capitol Commission to visit a number of state government buildings to get ideas for the new Utah capitol building. (8)

-- Oct 13, 1911 - 7 December 1911
[1st Presidency Changes] Joseph F. Smith Anthon H. Lund Death of John Henry Smith (9)

-- Oct 13, 1911
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Dies at home of Josephine in Salt Lake City at the age of sixty-three. (8)

[Quorum of the Twelve] John Henry Smith dies. (10)


Footnotes:
1 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
5 - 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
6 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
8 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
9 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
10 - 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)
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