Cardston Alberta Temple dedicated. (1)
[Heber J. Grant] Dedicates the temple at Cardston, Alberta. (2)
Cardston Alberta Temple; Location: Cardston, Alberta, Canada; Announcement: 27 June 1913; Dedication: 26 August 1923 by Heber J. Grant; Rededication: 22 June 1991 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Solomons Temple, no spire - designed by Hyrum Pope and Harold Burton; Notes: An addition was completed in 1962 and was dedicated on 2 July 1962 by Hugh B. Brown. (3)
-- Sep 15, 1923
[U.S. Religious History] In an effort to counter the terrorist activities of the Ku Klux Klan, Governor John Calloway Walton placed Oklahoma under martial law. (4)
-- Nov 10, 1923
Relief Societies across North America collect and repair clothes and shoes, to ease the distress the Latter-day Saints in Germany were facing, after World War 1. (5)
-- Nov 14, 1923
[Harold B. Lee] Marries Fern Lucinda Tanner in the Salt Lake Temple. (6)
-- 1923
Church Membership at end of year: 575,896
New Converts : 9,538
Percent Change from previous year: 1.68% (7)
The Church purchased a part of the Hill Cumorah. Additional acquisitions in 1928 gave the Church possession of the entire hill and adjacent lands. (8)
Church purchased part of the Hill Cumorah. (1)
-- During 1923-28
[Harold B. Lee] Principal of the Whittier and Woodrow Wilson Schools, Salt Lake City. (6)
-- During 1923
[Spencer W. Kimball] Joins the Rotary Club, a service organization in which he will participate for the next 20 years, including as a district governor. (9)
[Utah] Bryce Canyon made a National Monument. (10)
[Utah] Hovenweep made a National Monument. (10)
Footnotes:
1 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#List_of_temples
4 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - 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
8 - Church News: Historical chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah
10 - History to Go, War to War, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/wartowar.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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