WHOTDILCH 8 February

What Happened On This Day In LDS Church History? On this day in LDS Church History, in 1835, Joseph Smith calls Brigham and Joseph Young to his home and shared a vision of those who died at Zion's Camp. He then called a conference to announce the establishment of the office of seventy. He then called Joseph Young to be the first President of the Seventies.

Links to Further Study
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2000/08/a-history-of-the-latter-day-seventy?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/liahona/2002/10/area-authority-seventies-to-bear-record-of-my-name-in-all-the-world?lang=eng