LDS History, 1999 11-12 December

LDS History Chronology /Timeline

-- 1999 11-12 December
[Hinckley] Dedicated Edmonton Alberta Temple (1)

-- Dec 11, 1999
Edmonton Alberta Temple; Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Announcement: 11 August 1998; Dedication: 11 December 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- 1999 18-19 December
[Hinckley] Dedicated Raleigh North Carolina Temple (1)

-- Dec 18, 1999
Raleigh North Carolina Temple; Location: Apex, North Carolina, USA; Announcement: 3 September 1998; Dedication: 18 December 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (2)

-- Dec 24, 1999
Gordon B. Hinckley interviewed a second time by Larry King on CNN‘s ―Larry King Live (Salt Lake Tabernacle). (3)

[Hinckley] Interviewed on Larry King Live (1)

-- Late 1999
MSTAR launches www.generalconference.com. (3)

-- 1999
Church Membership at end of year: 10,752,986
New Converts : 398,745
Percent Change from previous year: 3.85% (4)

-- During December 1999
Craig Jessop becomes 14^th music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (5)

-- During 1999-2003
[Editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought] Neal Chandler and Rebecca Worthen Chandler (6)

-- During 1999
By this time, Bonneville International Corporation holdings include 17 radio and television stations and 6 communication support companies. (3)

[General Religious History] Regulated solstice festivals are allowed to resume in Stonehenge. (7)

[Media] The Church offers The Book of Mormon on television in the U.K. (8)


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
4 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
6 - Wikipedia, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue:_A_Journal_of_Mormon_Thought#List_of_Dialogue_editors
7 - Wikipedia, Timeline of Religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion#History_of_Religion
8 - The Mormon Channel: The Broadcast and Media History of the LDS Church Timeline, http://radio.lds.org/eng/about/media-timeline


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