On June 5th in Church History from LDS Gifts

• 1810: Truman Angel is born in Rhode Island. He would later serve as the architect of the Salt Lake Temple.
• 1846: U.S. President James K. Polk agrees to enlist between 500 and 1000 LDS men to serve in the Mexican War.
• 1847: The second wagon train led by Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor leaves Winter Quarters for Salt Lake City.
• 1887: The first ward in Mexico is organized in Colonia Juarez.
• 1976: The Teton Dam near Rexburg Idaho bursts. Henry B. Eyring, college President turns Ricks College into a refuge for nearly 2000 people.
• 1994: President Howard W. Hunter is set apart as the 14th president of the Church.

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