-- Jul 2, 1972
President Joseph Fielding Smith d. Salt Lake City, age 95. (1)
Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of the Church, dies. (2)
[Harold B. Lee] He was called to be president of the church when Joseph Fielding Smith died on 2 July 1972. After a long period of time when the church presidency had been relatively unseen due to age and illness, he changed things. He went immediately to area conferences in England, Mexico, and Germany. He circulated among the youth at conferences, thus helping to restore to young people the image of an active prophet. He was the first president of the Mormon Church to visit Palestine. (3)
[Harold B. Lee] Death of President Joseph Fielding Smith. (4)
[Joseph Fielding Smith] He died in Salt Lake City on 2 July 1972. (5)
[Joseph Smith] After serving for two years as president, Joseph Fielding Smith dies and Harold B. Lee becomes president. (6)
-- Jul 7, 1972 - 26 December 1973
[1st Presidency Changes] Harold B. Lee N. Eldon Tanner Marion G. Romney Reorganization of First Presidency after death of Joseph Fielding Smith (7)
-- Jul 7, 1972
President Harold B. Lee was ordained and set apart as the 11th president of the Church, with Presidents N. Eldon Tanner and Marion G. Romney as counselors. (8)
Harold B. Lee became President of the Church. (9)
[Quorum of the Twelve] The First Presidency is reorganized, with Harold B. Lee President, N. Eldon Tanner First Counselor, and Marion G. Romney Second Counselor. Spencer W. Kimball becomes President of the Quorum. (10)
Romney, Marion George: Second counselor to Harold B. Lee in First Presidency 7 July 1972-26 December1973. (11)
[Spencer W. Kimball] Becomes President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (12)
Tanner, Nathan Eldon: First Counselor to Harold B. Lee in First Presidency 7 July 1972-26 December 1973. (11)
Footnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
3 - Utah Historical Encyclopedia: Harold B. Lee, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/l/LEE%2CHAROLD.html
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 - Utah Historical Encyclopedia: Joseph Fielding Smith, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SMITH%2CJOSEPH_FIELDING.html
6 - Wikipedia, 20th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_(Mormonism)
7 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
8 - Church News: Historical chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
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)
11 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
12 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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