Mormonism in the 20th century
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This is a timeline of major events in Mormonism in the 20th century.
1900s
1900
January 25: The U.S. Congress votes to not admit B. H. Roberts, who had been denied a seat since being elected in 1898, because of his practice of polygamy.
April 19: Reed Smoot is ordained an apostle.
1901
April 10: The Daughters of Utah Pioneers organization is founded.
September 1: Japan is dedicated by Heber J. Grant for missionary proselyting.
October 10: Lorenzo Snow dies.
October 17: Joseph F. Smith becomes the sixth president of the LDS Church.
1902
January: The first issue of The Children's Friend is published, a magazine for LDS primary children.
August 4: The Bureau of Information opens on Temple Square, the first visitors' center of the LDS Church.
September 20: The first volume of the History of the Church is published, edited by B. H. Roberts and covering Joseph Smith's life from 1805 to 1833.
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