1940s (LDS)
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| Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
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| Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s |
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| Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |
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[edit] 1945
- May 14: President Heber J. Grant, the last LDS church president to have practiced polygamy, dies. George Albert Smith becomes the next president of the church.
[edit] 1948
- President George Albert Smith claims to petitions "the Lord" to lift the ban on blacks receiving the priesthood. He claims he is denied. Opposition by members of the Quorum of the Twelve apostles will result in the ban not being lifted until 1978.
[edit] See also
- 1940s (worldwide)
