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1982 Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F

1981 63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC Ga

1979 President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga

1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga

1976 76th U.S. Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga

1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance

1964 Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga

1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga

1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga

1961 Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany Ga

1922 Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator

1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga

1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US

1864 Battle of Ft. McAllister, GA

1864 Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA

1864 Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA

1864 Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---

1864 Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS---

1864 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA

1863 Chickamauga campaign GA

1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die

1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery, Alabama, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in U.S., Jefferson, Ga

1835 After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R

1819 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)

1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga



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