June 7, 1844

Nauvoo, Illinois
The first issue of the Nauvoo Expositor appeared, attacking the political powers in Nauvoo and specifically Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:430
LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal Papers series 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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