LDS History, Jun 23, 2000

LDS History Chronology /Timeline

-- Jun 23, 2000
[Hinckley] Celebrated 90th birthday at Conference Center with 21,000 guests and many prominent Latter-day Saint musicians, including Gladys Knight (1)

-- Jul 9, 2000
Veracruz Mexico Temple; Location: Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico; Announcement: 14 April 1999; Dedication: 9 July 2000 by Thomas S. Monson; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Jul 16, 2000
[Hinckley] Dedicated Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple (1)

Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple; Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Announcement: 14 October 1998; Dedication: 16 July 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Jul 30, 2000
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple; Location: Yukon, Oklahoma, USA; Announcement: 14 March 1999; Dedication: 30 July 2000 by James E. Faust; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Aug 20, 2000
[Hinckley] Dedicated Caracas Venezuela Temple (1)

Caracas Venezuela Temple; Location: Caracas, DC, Venezuela; Announcement: 30 September 1995; Dedication: 20 August 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- 2000 26-27 August
[Hinckley] Dedicated Houston Texas Temple (1)

-- Aug 26, 2000
Houston Texas Temple; Location: Klein, Texas, USA; Announcement: 30 September 1997; Dedication: 26 August 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Sep 3, 2000
[Hinckley] Dedicated Birmingham Alabama Temple (1)

Birmingham Alabama Temple; Location: Gardendale, Alabama, USA; Announcement: 11 September 1998; Dedication: 3 September 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Sep 13, 2000
Use of term ―Mormon in recent news coverage of polygamist issues is clarified by the Church (also clarified on May 17, 2001 and May 10, 2006). (3)

-- Sep 17, 2000
[Hinckley] Dedicated Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (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 - 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/