LDS History, 1999 1-2 August

LDS History Chronology /Timeline

-- 1999 1-2 August
[Hinckley] Dedicated Guayaquil Ecuador Temple (1)

-- Aug 1, 1999
Guayaquil Ecuador Temple; Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador; Announcement: 31 March 1982; Dedication: 1 August 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by Ravael Velez Calisto (2)

-- Aug 11, 1999
[Utah] a tornado ripped through downtown Salt Lake City doing over $100 million of dollars in damage. (3)

-- Aug 19, 1999
[Hinckley] Officially announced that new assembly building in Salt Lake City would be called the Conference Center (1)

-- Aug 21, 1999
[Hinckley] Dedicated Spokane Washington Temple (1)

Spokane Washington Temple; Location: Veradale, Washington, USA; Announcement: 13 August 1998; Dedication: 21 August 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- 1999 4-5 September
[Hinckley] Dedicated Columbus Ohio Temple (1)

-- Sep 4, 1999
Columbus Ohio Temple; Location: Columbus Ohio; Announcement: 25 April 1998; Dedication: 4 September 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Sep 11, 1999
[Hinckley] Dedicated monument honoring memory of 120 people killed in Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 in southern Utah (1)

-- Sep 19, 1999
Bismarck North Dakota Temple; Location: Bismarck, North Dakota, USA; Announcement: 29 July 1998; Dedication: 19 September 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Oct 2, 1999-3
The last general conference in the Tabernacle on Temple Square â€" the site of general conferences since 1867 â€" was held. Future general conferences would be held in the new Conference Center. (4)

-- 1999 16-17 October
[Hinckley] Dedicated Columbia South Carolina Temple (1)

-- Oct 16, 1999
Columbia South Carolina Temple; Location: Hopkins, South Carolina, USA; Announcement: 11 September 1998; Dedication: 16 October 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)


Footnotes:
1 - LDS Newsroom, Time line of Significant Events as President, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/time-line-of-significant-events-as-president
2 - 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
3 - History to Go, Utah Today, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/utahtoday.html
4 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html


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