July 26–27: The Monticello Utah Temple is dedicated, the first temple using the new smaller design announced in 1997. September 8: Gordon B. Hinckley is interviewed on the popular TV show Larry King Live. 1999 January 14: Twenty-four-year-old De-Kieu Duy entered the Triad Center's broadcast house for KSL-TV and began shooting, killing one. April 4: The rebuilding of the Nauvoo Temple is announced by Gordon B. Hinckley at General Conference. April 15: A second Salt Lake City shooting incident kills two, this time at the LDS Church's Family History Library, a block away from the January shooting. The Triad Center is also evacuated due to a suspicious note in a nearby truck, later found to be unrelated. May 22: Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus holds its last concert. May 24: FamilySearch.org website is launched, providing access to genealogical information. August 11: A tornado damages SLC historic sites, delays work on LDS Conference Center and narrowly misses the Salt Lake Temple. It occurred during an unusually strong summer monsoon season. It was the second tornado to hit in Utah that resulted in a fatality (the other occurring in 1884). October: The first live broadcast of General Conference on the internet. October 16: Orchestra at Temple Square holds first rehearsal. November 26: American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith, a documentary film, is broadcast on PBS. December 31: Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution sold. See also Mormonism in the 19th century Mormonism in the 21st century References Sources 20th century Timelines of Christianity