1940s (LDS)
| Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century | |
| Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s | |
| Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 | |
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1945
- May 14: President Heber J. Grant dies. George Albert Smith becomes the next president of the church.
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1948
- President George Albert Smith petitions the Lord to lift the ban on blacks receiving the priesthood. He is denied. The ban isn't lifted until 1978.
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See also
- 1940s (worldwide)
