“January Calendar,” Friend, Jan. 1976, 24
January Calendar
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 3, 106 B.C.: Cicero, Roman statesman, born.
Jan. 5, 1831: First LDS Indian mission opened in Missouri.
Jan. 6, 1412: Joan of Arc, French patriot, born.
Jan. 7, 1789: First American presidential election.
Jan. 14, 1847: Brigham Young received revelation to guide Saints west.
Jan. 17, 1706: Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor, born.
Jan. 18, 1972: Ogden Temple dedicated by President Joseph Fielding Smith.
Jan. 19, 1736: James Watt, Scottish inventor, born.
Jan. 21, 1836: Remarkable heavenly manifestations at Kirtland Temple.
Jan. 22, 1561: Francis Bacon, English author, born.
Jan. 25, 1759: Robert Burns, Scottish poet, born.
Jan. 26, 1788: Sydney, Australia, founded, now called Australia Day.
Jan. 28, 1964: Temple Square became national landmark.
Illustrated by Phyllis Luch