Jan. 18, 1970: President David O. McKay died after serving as Church president nearly 19 years.
Jan. 23, 1970: President Joseph Fielding Smith was ordained and set apart as president of the Church.
January 1971: Publication of the Church correlated magazines, the Ensign, the New Era and the Friend, began.
Aug. 27-29, 1971: The first area conference of the Church was held in Manchester, England.
November 1971: The Relief Society automatically included all women in the Church and eliminated the payment of membership dues.
1972: The Church established an Internal Communication Department and an External Communication Department, designed to place public communication as well as the production and distribution of Church materials in the hands of managers with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve giving direction and focus.
Jan. 18, 1972: The Ogden Utah Temple was dedicated by President Joseph Fielding Smith.
Feb. 9, 1972: The Provo Utah Temple was dedicated by President Joseph Fielding Smith.
July 2, 1972: President Joseph Fielding Smith died.
July 7, 1972: President Harold B. Lee was ordained and set apart as president of the Church.
Dec. 26, 1973: President Harold B. Lee died.
Dec. 30, 1973: President Spencer W. Kimball was ordained and set apart as president of the Church.
April 4, 1974: President Spencer W. Kimball declared during Regional Representatives Seminar that every young man should serve a mission. He also asked the Church membership to "lengthen your stride."
Nov. 19, 1974: The Washington D.C. Temple was dedicated by President Spencer W. Kimball.
July 24, 1975: The 28-story Church Office Building was dedicated by President Spencer W. Kimball.
Oct. 3, 1975: The organization of the First Quorum of Seventy was announced. A year later, members of the First Council of the Seventy and the Assistants to the Twelve were released and sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Oct. 26, 1978: In Provo, Utah, the Missionary Training Center, previously the Language Training Mission constructed in 1976, began training all missionaries.
June 9, 1978: The First Presidency announced that the priesthood was extended to every worthy male in the Church.
June 28, 1978: The monument to women in Nauvoo, Ill., was dedicated. The memorial garden had 13 statues representing divine roles of women.
Sept. 30, 1978: An important change in the organization of the General Authorities was announced with the designation of seven members of the First Quorum of the Seventy as emeritus general authorities.
Oct. 30, 1978: The Sao Paulo Brazil Temple was dedicated by President Spencer W. Kimball.
Nov. 8, 1978: Missionaries arrived in West Africa.
Feb. 18, 1979: The Church's 1,000th stake was created in Nauvoo, Ill., by President Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Sept. 29, 1979: The Church publishes new edition of the King James version of the Bible.
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