-- 1999 23-24 October
[Hinckley] Dedicated Detroit Michigan Temple (1)
-- Oct 23, 1999
Detroit Michigan Temple; Location: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA; Announcement: 10 August 1998; Dedication: 23 October 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)
-- Oct 24, 1999
[Hinckley] Broke ground for reconstruction of Nauvoo Illinois Temple (1)
-- Oct 34, 1999
More than 5,000 people attended as President Hinckley broke ground for rebuilding the Nauvoo Illinois Temple. (3)
-- During October 1999
MSTAR and BYU‘s NewsNet provide first Conference Internet video broadcast. Lds.org offers listeners an audio broadcast of General Conference. (4)
-- Nov 14, 1999
For the first time in the history of the Church, two temples, both in Canada, were dedicated on the same day. The Halifax Nova Scotia Temple was dedicated by President Hinckley and the Regina Saskatchewan Temple was dedicated by President Boyd K. Packer, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve. (5)
Halifax Nova Scotia Temple; Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; Announcement: 7 May 1998; Dedication: 14 November 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)
Regina Saskatchewan Temple; Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Announcement: 3 August 1998; Dedication: 14 November 1999 by Boyd K. Packer; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)
-- 1999 20-21 November
[Hinckley] Dedicated Billings Montana Temple (1)
-- Nov 20, 1999
Billings Montana Temple; Location: Billings, Montana, USA; Announcement: 30 August 1996; Dedication: 20 November 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)
-- Dec 3, 1999
Craig D. Jessop was appointed by the First Presidency as "Music Director of the Mormon Tablernacle Choir" on this day in 1999. Craig Jessop took the place of Jerold D. Ottley, who previously lead the Choir for twenty five years. (6)
-- Dec 8, 1999
Today in 1999 President Gordon B. Hinckley presides over the sealing of a fifty year time capsule which will be opened in 2049. (6)
[Hinckley] Presided over sealing of time capsule to be opened in 50 years for Sunday School bicentennial (1)
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 - LDS Church News: Nauvoo -- The City of Joseph, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58063/Church-history--Nauvoo.html
4 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
5 - 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
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
