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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased the Kirtland Temple — the first temple built in this dispensation — from Community of Christ church.
March 5
These two countries tied for the gold medal count in the 2024 Olympics.
USA and China
This individual becomes the first former US president to be convicted of a crime (34 felonies).
Donald Trump
This country's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, made an unannounced television address at the start of December. Speaking to the nation, the right-wing leader announced that martial law was in effect, saying it was his duty to protect the country from communist and “anti-state” forces in league with their bitter international rival.
South Korea
This former NFL star, who was acquitted of murder, dies of cancer at 76 on April 11.
OJ Simpson
In May, Six years after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it is working to create a new hymnbook for members to use as part of their worship and gospel study, the first ________ hymns were released.
13
This US basketball superstar became the first player to reach 40,000 career points in NBA after scoring 26 points as his Los Angeles Lakers lost 124-114 to the Denver Nuggets.
LeBron James
Trump was speaking onstage at a rally in Butler, PA when a bullet hit his ear resulting in him being rushed offstage and taken to the hospital. When did it happen?
July 13
Rebels overtook Damascus, the capital of this country, forming a new government and ousting strongman Bashar al-Assad after decades of repressive rule by the Assad family.
Syria
This former US president dies at age 100.
Jimmy Carter
In March, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles encouraged Church members to rely on the Spirit when using ___________.
Artificial Intelligence
These two fighters, a relentlessly obnoxious influencer pretending to be a boxer and a past-his-prime-but-still-presumably-lethal legend faced off on Netflix.
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson
Brian Thompson, the CEO of this insurance company, was shot and killed in December.
United Healthcare
Iran's hardline presdient, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in May and was replaced by his more moderate successor, Masoud Pezeshkian who has spoken out against the country's mandatory hijab law. How did he die?
Helicopter crash
This longtime sportscaster (May 3, 1946-December 27, 2024) broke many barriers during his trailblazing 52-year career. The older brother of a "Today" host, he had two stints at CBS, leaving the network for NBC when CBS lost NFL football in 1994; he returned in 1998 when football did.
Greg Gumbel
On this day President Nelson turned 100 years old.
September 9
South Carolina wins the NCAA women's basketball championship over Iowa who was led by this #1 WNBA draft pick.
Caitlin Clark
A Boeing jet made an emergency landing after a panel known as a "door plug" blew out mid-flight. The incident triggered a temporary grounding of Being's 737-9 MAX fleet. What was the airline where this event took place?
Alaska Airlines
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, won in a landslide in this country's election to become the first femail president in the nation's 200 year history.
Mexico
He (April 14, 1941-September 30, 2024) was one of baseball's greatest and most energetic players, and one of its most tragic stories. A 17-time All-Star, in 1985, he became baseball's all-time major league hit leader, a title held for decades by Ty Cobb. He still holds the record of most hits, with 4,256, from a 24-year-career with the Cincinnati Red and Philadelphia Phillies (and, briefly, the Montreal Expos).
Pete Rose
In July, the age ranges for the young single adult and single adult members of the Church were adjusted. “Young single adult” now refers to unmarried Latter-day Saints ages _________, with the term “single adult” now describing unmarried Church members ages ________ and older.
18-35 and 36
Shohei Ohtani signs the largest MLB contract in history for this amount.
10 years, $700 million
A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in this city causing a partial collapse and six deaths.
Baltimore
In February, this country's prison service released a statement saying that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had lost consciousness and could not be revived. Navalny had been behind bars since his return in 2021, having narrowly survived a poisoning attempt that he – and many others – believed had been orchestrated by the government in a brutal attempt to silence one of its most popular critics.
Russia
This acclaimed acotr (January 17, 1931-September 9, 2024) won Tony Awards for his powerful stage performances in "The Great White Hope" and "Fences," and was a magnetic screen presence in nearly 200 films and TV productions, including "Field of Dreams." But he became internationally recognized for his majestic basso profundo voice, which he channeled for the dialogue of the villainous Darth Vader in "Star Wars."
James Earl Jones