March 1960: Chaired by Elder Harold B. Lee of the Quorum of the Twelve, the General Priesthood Committee fulfilled a First Presidency assignment to study Church programs and curricula with the object of providing for better "correlation."
June-July 1961: A new plan of six lessons to be used in every mission of the Church was presented at the first seminar for all mission presidents, as was the "every member a missionary" program.
March 1962: The age at which young men became eligible for missions was lowered from 20 to 19.
March 12, 1961: The first non-English speaking stake was organized at The Hague in The Netherlands.
Oct. 10, 1962: The Church purchased a shortwave radio station, WRUL, with a transmitter in Boston and studios in New York City. It was used to transmit Church broadcasts to Europe and South America.
Dec. 3, 1962: The first Spanish-speaking stake was organized with headquarters in Mexico City.
Oct. 12, 1963: The Polynesian Cultural Center, located near the Church College of Hawaii and the temple in Laie, Hawaii, was dedicated.
January 1964: Home teaching was instituted in the Church, replacing the ward teaching program.
April 1964: The Mormon Pavilion opened at the New York World's Fair.
Nov. 17, 1964: The Oakland Temple was dedicated by President David O. McKay.
January 1965: The home evening program was revived with a formal manual to be placed in every LDS home.
Jan. 18, 1965: The Tabernacle Choir sang at the inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
September 1965: Due to the Vietnam conflict and the U.S. military draft, a quota of two missionaries called per ward per year was established to comply with Selective Service requests.
October 1965: The First Presidency was increased from three to five with the calling of President Joseph Fielding Smith and Elder Thorpe B. Isaacon to serve as additional counselors, along with Presidents Hugh B. Brown and N. Eldon Tanner. Elder Alvin R. Dyer was sustained as the fourth counselor in the First Presidency three years later, in April 1968.
May 1, 1966: The first stake in South America was organized at Sao Paulo, Brazil.
June 22, 1966: The Granite Mountain Records Vault, a secure storage facility for the Church's microfilm collection of genealogical records, was dedicated.
August 1966: A new visitors center was opened on Temple Square, replacing the old Bureau of Information and utilizing exhibits that had been featured two years previously at the Mormon Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
Sept. 29, 1967: The position of regional representative of the Twelve was created, and initially, 69 men were called to that position.
November 1967: Part of the Egyptian papyri from which Joseph Smith translated portions of the Pearl of Great Price was given to the Church by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Oct. 13, 1968: The first branch of the Church in Singapore was created.
Oct. 22, 1968: The Church received official recognition in Spain.
July 20, 1969: The Tabernacle Choir sang at the inauguration of President Richard M. Nixon.
Aug. 3-8, 1969: The first World Conference on Records was held in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the Church's Genealogical Society of Utah.
