It was in Nauvoo that Joseph Smith announced his most controversial revelation, plural marriage, or polygamy. When a newspaper exposed the Mormon practice of polygamy, Smith became outraged. He ordered the destruction of the newspaper’s press, which led to his arrest. An angry mob stormed the jail where Smith was being held, and he was killed. A Nauvoo charter asked the Mormon community to leave.
The Battle of Midway turned the tides in favor of the Allied forces. In just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese suffered heavy damage to their fleet.
