-- During 1999
[Utah] Richard and Joan Ostling authored Mormon America: The Power and the Promise. (1)
-- Jan 1, 2000
The First Presidency and Quorum of The Twelve release "The Living Christ: The Testimony of The Apostles." This is the Official Declaration reaffirming their Personal Testimonies of the Savior Jesus Christ. (2)
-- Jan 9, 2000
[Hinckley] Dedicated St. Paul Minnesota Temple (3)
St. Paul Minnesota Temple; Location: Oakdale, Minnesota, USA; Announcement: 29 July 1998; Dedication: 9 January 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (4)
-- Jan 14, 2000
The US federal government announced the return of 84,000 acres in northern Utah to the Ute Indians. The land was taken in 1916 for the rights to oil shale reserves. (1)
-- Jan 22, 2000
[Hinckley] Addressed more than 15,000 members in Laie, Hawaii, to commemorate sesquicentennial year of establishment of the Church on the Hawaiian Islands (3)
-- 2000 23-24 January
[Hinckley] Dedicated Kona Hawaii Temple (3)
-- Jan 23, 2000
Kona Hawaii Temple; Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA; Announcement: 7 May 1998; Dedication: 23 January 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (4)
-- Jan 27, 2000
[Hinckley] Met with Abdurrahman Wahid, president of Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia (3)
-- During January 2000
BYU-Television is launched on EchoStar‘s Dish TV. Initial 3. million homes grows to about 17 million by year‘s end with the addition of DirecTV849 and cable companies. (5)
-- Feb 1, 2000
[Hinckley] Completed an 11-day tour of Pacific Rim where he traveled 22,670 miles and spoke to over 26,600 people (3)
-- Feb 22, 2000
[Hinckley] His book Standing for Something: Ten Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes went on sale (3)
-- Feb 26, 2000
[Hinckley] Dedicated Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Ratnikas, Algis, TimelinesDb, http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=201title=Utah
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
3 - 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
4 - 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
5 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
