1978 Event Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1846 Event Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) 1846 Event Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west 1813 Birthday James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Island, Michigan, 1850 - 1856
