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1843 - Elder William Henshaw, under the direction of Elder Lorenzo Snow, traveled to Glamorganshire, South Wales, and began privately teaching several families there. On this date he baptized his first converts in Wales and began preaching publicly. However, only about one-third of the people he taught understood English.
1981 - President Spencer W. Kimball, assisted by Malieotoa Tanumafil II, the Samoan head of state, breaks ground for the first Apia Samoa Temple. Nearly 4,000 attend.
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