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1838 – Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
Missouri Executive Order 44, also known as the Extermination Order in Latter Day Saint history, was an executive order issued on October 27, 1838 by the governor of Missouri, Lilburn Boggs. It was issued in the aftermath of the Battle of Crooked River, a clash between Mormons and a unit of the Missouri State Guard in northern Ray County, Missouri, during the 1838 Mormon War. Claiming that the Mormons had committed “open and avowed defiance of the laws”, and had “made war upon the people of this State,” Boggs directed that “the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description”.
While Executive Order 44 is often referred to as the “Mormon Extermination Order” due to the phrasing used by Boggs, no one is known to have been killed by the militia or anyone else specifically because of it.
Missouri Executive Order 44, also known as the Extermination Order in Latter Day Saint history, was an executive order issued on October 27, 1838 by the governor of Missouri, Lilburn Boggs. It was issued in the aftermath of the Battle of Crooked River, a clash between Mormons and a unit of the Missouri State Guard in northern Ray County, Missouri, during the 1838 Mormon War. Claiming that the Mormons had committed “open and avowed defiance of the laws”, and had “made war upon the people of this State,” Boggs directed that “the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description”.
While Executive Order 44 is often referred to as the “Mormon Extermination Order” due to the phrasing used by Boggs, no one is known to have been killed by the militia or anyone else specifically because of it.
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Some other events from military history on this date:
1962: USAF Major Rudolf Anderson is killed when his U-2 plane is shot down over Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is the only direct US casualty of that crisis.
1954: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American flag officer in the USAF, with his temporary promotion to Brigadier General.
1944: The Germans crush the Slovak National Uprising, which began on 29 August 1944.
1992: The murder of RM3 Allen R. Schindler, Jr. by Airman Apprentice Terry M. Helvey sparks the debate that led to the enactment of DADT.
1962: USAF Major Rudolf Anderson is killed when his U-2 plane is shot down over Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is the only direct US casualty of that crisis.
1954: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American flag officer in the USAF, with his temporary promotion to Brigadier General.
1944: The Germans crush the Slovak National Uprising, which began on 29 August 1944.
1992: The murder of RM3 Allen R. Schindler, Jr. by Airman Apprentice Terry M. Helvey sparks the debate that led to the enactment of DADT.
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