TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY: 16 September

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1842 - The Prophet Joseph spent the day at home having a portrait done by Brother David Rogers. This portrait would take the next several days to complete. (History of the Church, 5:164)

1843 - The Prophet Joseph rode out to his farm on the outside on Nauvoo where a general parade of the Nauvoo Legion was held. He inspected the Legion, spoke to them and encouraged them to increase their numbers, and then rode home "highly delighted with the day's performance." (History of the Church, 6:34)

1845 - Driven from his home in Carthage, Illinois, the night before for trying to end the house-burning activities of the mob, Sheriff Jacob Backenstos, a nonmember, flees for his life. He meets Orrin Porter Rockwell and John Redding who were heading to help some of the burnt-out families. With the mob right behind him, he asked for help and Rockwell agreed, turning his gun towards the advancing mob. The Sheriff ordered the mob to stop, but they continued forward. He ordered Rockwell to fire. Rockwell did so, aiming at the clasp of the belt on one of the mob who turned out to be Frank A. Worrell, one of the leaders of the mob, who fell dead off of his horse. The mob then brought up a wagon, but Worrell's body into it, and left.

1978 - The first closed-circuit Churchwide meeting for women ages twelve and older is held in the tabernacle on Temple Square and is broadcast via satellite to meetinghouses throughout the world.

1993 - Ethiopia officially recognizes the Church.

1995 - The Cardston Alberta Temple is listed as a Canadian Historic Site.