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June 27 – Joseph Smith is killed in Illinois

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brightcove.createExperiences(); Today is June 27. On this day in 1844, Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints, was killed in Illinois. Smith was born in Vermont in 1805, and moved to Palmyra in 1816. Smith said he found a set of gold plates buried on a hill in Manchester. Smith translated [...]

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