Utah History By stocktheking13 Jul 24, 1847 mormons in utah Sep 9, 1850 utah is a territory May 10, 1869 golden spike is laid Mar 1, 1879 first telephone in utah May 25, 1881 chess on telephone Jan 4, 1896 statehood Feb 4, 1904 mining in bigham Oct 8, 1910 fred benning coached football at the uofu Oct 13, 1920 actress born in utah roosevelt utah- Laraine Day Jun 17, 1930 dave tatsuno shot hame video later named topaz Apr 17, 1942 japanese camp Feb 8, 2002 February 8-24, 2002, Salt Lake City hosts the XIX Olympic Winter Games. Feb 4, 2011 okc thunder at utah jazz