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2013 Event - American actress, Reese Witherspoon is arrested for disorderly conduct in Atlanta, Georgia

2012 Event - The parliamentary election in Georgia is determined to be 'fair and free' by the OSCE

2012 Event - Vano Merabishvili is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Georgia by the country's President, Mikheil Saakashvili

2011 Event - In Georgia's region of South Ossetia, voters go to the polls for a presidential election and referendum

2011 Event - About 193,000 people are without power after severs storms struck the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia

2010 Event - The first snowfall in the last 128 years occurs in the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia; 500 flights are affected

2010 Event - Georgia changes its second language to English; Russian was originally its second language

2007 Death - Charlie Norwood, dies in Augusta, Georgia, of cancer, at 65

2004 Death - Ray Charles, blues legend, Georgia on My Mind, dies at 73

2002 Event - 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta

2000 Event - Super Bowl XXXIV, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16

1997 Event - Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30

1996 Event - 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)

1996 Event - XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta, Georgia

1996 Event - 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65

1995 Death - Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95

1994 Death - Giorgi Chanturia, President of Georgia, assassinated

1994 Event - Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed

1994 Death - Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71

1994 Birthday - Dakota Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, American Actress

1993 Death - Zviad Gamsachurdia, President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54

1993 Event - Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss

1992 Death - Georgia Brown, British singer and actress (Love at Stake), dies at 58

1992 Death - Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58

1992 Death - Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72

1991 Event - Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100

1991 Event - Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R.

1991 Event - Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23

1991 Event - Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves

1990 Event - 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats U.S.S.R. in Atlanta Georgia (2-1)

1986 Event - Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)

1986 Death - Georgia O'Keefe, U.S. painter (Flowers), dies at 98

1986 Death - Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

1985 Event - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution

1985 Event - 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65

1983 Event - Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title

1982 Event - Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy

1982 Event - 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)

1982 Event - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island

1981 Event - Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia

1981 Event - Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

1981 Event - Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million

1981 Birthday - Kelly Rowland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actress, founding member of group, Destiny's Child, sold more than 50 million albums, collaborated with Nelly on 'Dilemma' single

1981 Death - Herman Talmadge, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee, died at age 88

1981 Event - Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title

1980 Event - Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak

1980 Event - Julie Marie Bryan, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Young Woman of Year

1980 Birthday - Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1997

1979 Event - Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

1979 Birthday - Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1996

1978 Birthday - General Austin, born in Columbus, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation

1978 Birthday - RoRo, Romell Chapman, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation

1978 Event - 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52

1977 Birthday - Brittany Murphy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actress, appeared in films, 'Sin City', 'Happy Feet', 'Clueless', 'Riding in Cars with Boys', 'Abandoned'

1977 Birthday - Becky Turner, born in Marietta, Georgia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics

1977 Birthday - Ludacris, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, actor, co-founder, 'Disturbing the Peace' sold 14 million albums worldwide

1974 Birthday - Kimber West, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Feb 1997

1974 Birthday - Georgia Goettmann, model, Cosmo-May 1995

1973 Birthday - Rachel Kathleen English, Thomaston, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia 1996

1973 Birthday - Michael "Mike" Theodore Lambert IV, Thomaston, Georgia, rower, 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Laurie Shepard, Cordele, Georgia, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets

1972 Birthday - Jimmy Haynes, born in La Grange, Georgia, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles

1972 Birthday - Shea Olliff, born in Augusta, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia, 1997

1972 Event - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia

1971 Birthday - Rhonda Adams, Columbus Georgia, playmate, Jun, 1995

1971 Birthday - Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Evansville IN

1971 Birthday - Chann McRae, Albany, Georgia, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Willie Greene, Milledgville Georgia, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds

1971 Event - WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting

1971 Birthday - Guivi Sissaouri, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Jenny Craig, Miss Georgia USA 1996

1971 Birthday - Shepherd Clark, born in Atlanta, Georgia, figure skater, 1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ

1970 Birthday - Guy Hill, Atlanta Georgia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 NCAA-3rd

1970 Event - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast

1970 Birthday - Joey Hamilton, Statesboro Georgia, pitcher for the San Diego Padres

1970 Event - WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Birthday - Renzo Furlan, born in Conegliano, Italy, professional tennis player, represented Italy at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, 1996

1970 Event - Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)

1970 Birthday - Shannan Mitchem, born in Decatur, Georgia, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets

1970 Birthday - Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug, 1995

1969 Birthday - Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel

1969 Event - WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting

1969 Birthday - Andrea Wieland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, field hockey goaltender 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Kim Batten, McRae Georgia, 400m hurdler, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel

1969 Birthday - Lindsay Kennedy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Jeb-Little House on the Prairie

1968 Event - WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1968 Birthday - Antonio Pettigrew, Macon, Georgia, 400m 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress, Dinosaur Island

1968 Birthday - Celena Mondie-Milner, born in Milledgeville, Georgia, 100m/200m runner

1968 Birthday - John Maginnes, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Texarkana Open-5th

1968 Birthday - Franklin Langham, Augusta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1993 Permian Basin Open

1968 Birthday - Todd Jones, born in Marietta, Georgia, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1968 Birthday - Paul Claxton, Vidalia Georgia, Nike golfer, NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th

1968 Birthday - Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart

1968 Event - WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1967 Birthday - Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America 1991

1967 Birthday - Julia Roberts, born in Smyrna, Georgia, actress, Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman

1967 Event - WJRJ (WTCG, WTBS) TV channel 17 in Atlanta, Georgia (IND) begins

1967 Birthday - Travis Fine, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Ike McSwain-Young Riders

1967 Birthday - Angel Martino, Americus Georgia, 50m/100m freestyle, Olympic-gold/2 br-92, 96

1967 Birthday - Marquis Grisom, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians

1967 Birthday - Nanci Bowen, born in Tifton, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore

1967 Birthday - Richard Gillam, born in Atlanta, Georgia, pairs skater

1967 Event - WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1967 Birthday - Shuler Hensley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actor, films include, 'The Legend of Zorro', 'Van Helsing', 'Ed'

1967 Event - WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia

1967 Event - Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond

1967 Event - WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Birthday - Moises Alou, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder for the Montreal Expos

1966 Death - Georgia BD Camp Johnson, U.S. poet/playwright, dies at 88

1966 Birthday - Gillian Bonner, Athens Georgia, playmate, Apr, 1996

1966 Event - Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War

1965 Birthday - Gwen Torrence, born in Lithonia, Georgia, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96

1965 Birthday - Tim Simpson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1985 Southern Open

1965 Birthday - Kevin Brown, born in Mcintyre, Georgia, pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1964 Birthday - Kenny Rogers, born in Savannah, Georgia, pitcher, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees

1964 Birthday - Susan Walters, Georgia, actress, Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John

1964 Birthday - Trisha Yearwood, Monticello Georgia, country singer, Sweetest Gift

1964 Event - WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1964 Birthday - Teresa Edwards, born in Cairo, Georgia, basketball forward, Gold Medals 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics

1964 Birthday - Warren Newson, born in Newnan, Georgia, outfielder for the Texas Rangers

1963 Birthday - Marla Maples, Trump, Dalton, Georgia, actress, Will Rogers Follies

1963 Birthday - Missy Hyatt, born in Atlanta, Georgia, wrestling manager, WCW, ECW

1963 Event - WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1963 Birthday - Horace Holden, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96

1963 Birthday - Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club

1963 Birthday - Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sun-Times Challenge

1962 Birthday - Christy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men

1962 Birthday - Roger Kingdom, Vienna, Georgia, 110m hurdler, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics

1962 Event - Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia

1962 Birthday - Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah Georgia, PGA golfer, 1986 Bank of Boston

1962 Event - Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia

1962 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. jailed in Albany, Georgia

1962 Event - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia

1962 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia

1962 Birthday - Denise Baldwin, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1991 Futures Salisbury

1962 Birthday - Melinda Mays, Augusta, Georgia, playmate, Feb, 1983

1962 Event - Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia

1961 Event - Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Ready Teddy"

1961 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany, Georgia

1961 Event - WXGeorgia TV channel 8 in Waycross, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1961 Birthday - Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-83, 94

1961 Birthday - Bill Hicks, born in Valdosta, Georgia, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand'

1961 Birthday - Laurence Fishburne, born in Augusta, Georgia, actor, director, producer, known for role of Morpheus in 'The Matrix' movie, stars on 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show

1961 Birthday - Cindy Mackey, born in Athens, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am

1961 Event - Racial riot at University of Georgia

1960 Birthday - Amy Grant, Augusta Georgia, gospel/rock singer, Glory of Love, Baby Baby

1960 Event - Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1

1960 Birthday - Kim Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men

1960 Birthday - Wendy White, born in Atlanta, Georgia, tennis player

1960 Birthday - Mitzi Edge, born in Albany, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 SAFECO Classic

1960 Event - WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1959 Birthday - Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1959 Birthday - Bob Inglis, born in Savannah, Georgia, Representative-R-South Carolina 2005 -

1959 Birthday - Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze

1959 Birthday - Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox

1958 Birthday - Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta Georgia, actor, Love Kills, Electric Dreams

1958 Birthday - Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World

1958 Birthday - Larry Hogan Mize, Augusta Georgia, PGA golfer, 1987 Masters

1958 Birthday - Lex Lugar, Larry Pfohl, born in Atlanta, Georgia, wrestler, WWF/WCW/NWA

1958 Birthday - Holly Hunter, born in Atlanta Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade

1958 Event - WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Birthday - Holly Hunter, born in Conyers, Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Once Around

1957 Birthday - Faith Prince, Augusta, Georgia, Broadway actress, Guys and Dolls, Carousel

1957 Birthday - Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women

1957 Birthday - Byron Cherry, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Coy-Dukes of Hazzard

1957 Birthday - Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist, B-52's-Love Shack

1957 Event - Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites

1956 Event - WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Birthday - Diana Scarwid, Savannah Georgia, actress, Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat

1955 Birthday - Cynthia McKinney, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1993 - 1997, 1997 - 2003, 2005 - 2007

1955 Birthday - Jeff Daniels, born in Georgia, actor, Something Wild, Dumb and Dumber, Speed

1955 Event - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak

1955 Birthday - Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men

1954 Birthday - T Graham Brown, Arabi, Georgia, country singer, Come as you Were

1954 Birthday - Terri Gibbs, born in Augusta, Georgia, blind singer, Somebody's Knockin'

1954 Birthday - Dale Eggeling, born in Statesboro, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Oldsmobile Classic

1954 Event - WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open

1954 Birthday - Hollis Stacy, born in Savannah, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977, 1978

1954 Event - WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Kim Basinger, Athens, Georgia, actress, 9 Weeks, Batman

1953 Event - WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Julian Keith Strickland, Athens, Georgia, drummer, B-52's-Rock Lobster

1953 Event - WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Jerry Pate, born in Macon, Georgia, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976

1953 Birthday - Hulk Hogan, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion, 1984-89

1953 Birthday - Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy

1953 Birthday - Boyd Gaines, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing

1953 Birthday - Ricky Wilson, born in Athens, Georgia, rock guitarist, B-52's-Love Shack

1953 Birthday - Andy Bean, born in Lafayette, Georgia, PGA golfer, Western 1978, Kemper 1978

1953 Event - Georgia approves U.S. 1st literature censorship board

1952 Birthday - Steve Sanders, Richland, Georgia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira

1952 Birthday - Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

1952 Birthday - Thomas J Hennen, Albany Georgia, astronaut, STS-44

1952 Event - 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)

1952 Birthday - Lionel Johnston, Augusta, Georgia, actor, Sons and Daughters

1952 Birthday - Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS-39, 64

1951 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open

1951 Birthday - Barry Van Dyke, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder

1951 Birthday - Fred Schneider, born in Newark, Georgia, vocalist and guitarist, B-52's-Rock Lobster

1951 Birthday - Cassie Yates, born in Macon, Georgia, actress, Osterman Weekend, Dynasty

1950 Birthday - JoMari Payton Noble, born in Albany, Georgia, actress, Harriette-Family Matters

1949 Birthday - Kevin Sullivan, wrestler, WCW/ECW/SMW/NWA/Georgia/CWFI

1949 Event - Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of U.S.

1949 Event - WAGeorgia TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Birthday - Georgia Engel, born in Washington D.C., actress, Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show

1948 Birthday - Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991-

1948 Birthday - Barry Bailey, born in Doraville, Georgia, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section

1947 Birthday - Freddy Weller, Georgia, rocker, Paul Revers and The Raiders

1947 Birthday - Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., born in Macon, Georgia, USN/astronaut, STS-33

1947 Birthday - Wayne Dowdy, born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Representative-D-Mississippi 1981 - 1989

1946 Birthday - Bobby Rush, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1993 -

1946 Birthday - Barbara Leigh, Ringgold, Georgia, actress, Vampirella

1946 Birthday - Demond Wilson, Valdosta Georgia, actor, Sanford and Son, Baby I'm Back

1946 Birthday - Diedre Lenihan, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actress, Wendy-Needles and Pins

1946 Birthday - Roy Yeager, born in Doraville, Georgia, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section

1945 Birthday - Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse

1945 Birthday - Wyomia Tyus, born in Griffin, Georgia, 100m runner, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics

1945 Birthday - Paul Goddard, born in Georgia, rock bassist, Atlanta Rhythm Section

1944 Birthday - Mike Curb, Savannah, Georgia, singer, Mike Curb Congregation

1944 Birthday - Brenda Lee, born in Lithonia, Georgia, singer, I'm Sorry

1944 Birthday - Mac Collins, born in Jackson, Georgia, Representative-R-Georgia 1993 - 2005

1944 Birthday - Millie Jackson, born in Thompson, Georgia, model/singer, Get it out 'cha system

1944 Birthday - Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train

1944 Birthday - David M. Walker, Columbus, Georgia, Captain USN/astron, STS-51-A 30, 53, 69

1943 Birthday - George Darden, born in Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1983 - 1995

1943 Birthday - Robert Lindsay Thomas, born in Patterson, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1983 - 1993

1943 Event - U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II

1943 Birthday - Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-F, 61-F

1942 Event - 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)

1942 Birthday - Merald "Bubba" Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knights and Pips

1942 Birthday - Tommy Roe, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1960's bubblegum artist, toured with Roy Orbison

1942 Birthday - Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks

1941 Birthday - Otis Redding, Dawson, Georgia, rock bassist, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

1941 Birthday - Charlie Norwood, born in Georgia, Army Captain, politician, member, U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia

1941 Birthday - Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster, Morning Show

1941 Birthday - Stacy Keach, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1941 Birthday - William Guest, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight Show

1941 Birthday - Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock Georgia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open

1940 Birthday - Wyche Fowler, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia, 1977 - 1987, Senator-D-Georgia 1987 - 1993

1940 Event - -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)

1939 Birthday - Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips

1939 Birthday - Charles Floyd Hatcher, born in Doerun, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1981 - 1993

1939 Birthday - Jim Dent, Augusta, Georgia, PGA golfer, 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior

1939 Birthday - Martha Hudson, born in Eastman, Georgia, 4X100m relayer, 1960 Olympics gold

1939 Birthday - Ray Stevens, Clarksdale, Georgia, singer, Ahab the Arab, Streak

1938 Birthday - Sam Nunn, born in Perry, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1972 - 1997

1938 Event - 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia

1937 Birthday - Isabelle F Daniels, born in Jakin, Georgia, 4X100m relayer, Olympic-bronze-56

1937 Birthday - Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave

1937 Birthday - Jay W. Macintosh, born in Gainesville, Georgia, actress, Sons and Daughters

1937 Birthday - Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of President Carter

1937 Birthday - Jerry Reed, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer/actor, Bat 21, Smokey and the Bandit

1937 Birthday - Tommy Aaron, Gainesville Georgia, PGA golfer, 1973 Masters

1936 Birthday - Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, singer, Devil Went Down to Georgia

1936 Event - Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia

1936 Birthday - Jim Brown, Georgia, NFL full back for the Cleveland Browns/actor, Dirty Dozen

1934 Birthday - Tom Jarriel, LaGrange, Georgia, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20

1934 Birthday - Eva M. Clayton, born in Savannah, Georgia, Representative-D-North Carolina 1993 - 2003

1934 Birthday - Ben Smith, born in Atlanta, Georgia, PGA golfer, Ralphs Senior Classic-4th

1934 Event - 1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Georgia

1933 Birthday - Georgia Brown, Lillian Getel, actress, Study in Terror, Fixer

1933 Event - 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia

1933 Event - 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia)

1933 Birthday - Ed Jenkins, born in Young Harris, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1977 - 1993

1932 Birthday - Little Richard, born in Macon, Georgia, rocker, Tutty Fruity

1932 Birthday - Roosevelt Grier, born in Cuthbert, Georgia, NFLer for the New York Giants/actor, Movin' On

1932 Birthday - Jim Fowler, born in Albany, Georgia, naturalist, Wild Kingdom

1932 Death - Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C.

1931 Birthday - Brook Benton, soul vocalist, Rainy Night in Georgia

1930 Birthday - Ray Charles, born in Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist

1930 Birthday - Jasper Johns, Augusta, Georgia, painter/sculptor, Green Target

1930 Birthday - Joanne Woodward, born in Thomasville, Georgia, actress, 3 Faces of Eve, Rachel

1930 Birthday - Catherine Hardy, Carollton, Georgia, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold

1929 Birthday - Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains, Georgia, 1st sister/evangelist

1929 Birthday - Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center

1929 Birthday - Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor, Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love

1928 Birthday - Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football

1928 Birthday - Pernell Roberts, Waycross, Georgia, actor, Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD

1928 Birthday - William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brigadier General and chief of engineers under Bragg

1928 Birthday - Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of U.S.S.R., -91

1927 Birthday - Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man

1927 Birthday - Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust

1927 Birthday - Jane Withers, Georgia, actress, All Together Now, Josephine the plumber

1926 Birthday - "Alvin" Junior Samples, born in Cummings, Georgia, country singer, Hee Haw

1926 Event - Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools

1926 Birthday - J. Roy Rowland, born in Wrightsville, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1983 - 1995

1925 Birthday - Mattiwilda Dobbs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, soprano

1925 Birthday - Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find

1924 Birthday - Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia, D, 39th President, 1977-1981

1923 Birthday - Alice [Davis] Coachman, born in Albany, Georgia, high jumper, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics

1923 Birthday - Louise Suggs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1949, 52

1922 Event - Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes 1st woman in Senate

1922 Birthday - Doug Barnard, Jr., born in Augusta, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1977 - 1993

1922 Event - 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)

1922 Birthday - Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business

1921 Birthday - Howell Heflin, born in Poulan, Georgia, Senator-D-Alabama 1979 - 1997

1921 Birthday - Douglass Watson, Jackson Georgia, actor, Satan Murders, Another World

1921 Event - Soviet troops invade Georgia

1920 Birthday - Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park

1920 Birthday - Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Massachusetts, singer, Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire

1920 Birthday - DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. Leonard McCoy-Star Trek

1920 Event - U.S.S.R. recognizes Georgia's independence

1920 Birthday - Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman, Georgia, rock writer, Bye Bye Love

1920 Birthday - DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. McCoy-Star Trek

1920 Event - Georgia declares independence

1919 Birthday - Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers

1918 Birthday - Joe Williams, Cordele, Georgia, jazz singer, Everyday I have the Blues

1918 Birthday - Leroy T Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Olympic consultant, 1960, 68, 72

1918 Birthday - LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee

1918 Birthday - Claude Akins, Nelson Georgia, actor, BJ and Bear, Movin' On, Lobo

1917 Birthday - Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam

1916 Event - 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee

1916 Birthday - Harry James, born in Albany, Georgia, trumpeter, married to Betty Grable

1916 Birthday - Robert Parrish, Columbus, Georgia, director, Casino Royale

1915 Event - Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life

1915 Event - Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia

1914 Birthday - Bert Parks, Jacobson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, TV host, Miss America

1914 Birthday - Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat

1913 Birthday - Herman Talmadge, born in McRae, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee

1913 Birthday - Earl Blackwell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, author, Celebrity Register

1913 Event - 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)

1913 Death - Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)

1911 Event - 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)

1909 Birthday - Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic

1909 Event - White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks

1907 Birthday - Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story

1907 Birthday - Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature

1905 Birthday - Sterling Holloway, Cedartown, Georgia, actor, Waldo-Life of Riley

1904 Birthday - James Melton, Moultrie, Georgia, opera tenor, Ford Festival

1903 Birthday - Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane

1902 Birthday - Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three

1902 Birthday - Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930

1901 Birthday - Melvyn Douglas, born in Macon, Georgia, actor, Hud, Ghost Story

1901 Birthday - Ben Lyon, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse

1899 Birthday - Danton Walker, Mariette, Georgia, columnist, Broadway Spotlight

1898 Birthday - Lee Tracy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye

1897 Birthday - Richard Russell, Jr., born in Winder, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1933 - 1971

1897 Event - Henry A. Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia

1895 Event - 200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia

1893 Event - 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia

1893 Event - Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC

1893 Birthday - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution

1893 Birthday - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution

1893 Birthday - Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia

1893 Birthday - Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor

1892 Birthday - Oliver Hardy, Harlem, Georgia, comedy team member, Laurel and Hardy

1890 Birthday - Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird

1887 Birthday - Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisconsin, sculptor/painter, Cow's Skull

1887 Birthday - Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

1886 Birthday - William L. Dawson, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1943 - 1970

1885 Birthday - Wallingford Riegger, born in Albany, Georgia, composer, Bacchangle

1883 Birthday - Carl Vinson, born in Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1914 - 1964

1877 Birthday - Georgia B D Camp Johnson, U.S., poet/playwright, Autumn Love Cycle

1877 Birthday - Charles Coburn, Macon, Georgia, actor, Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1877 Birthday - Charles Coburn, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Devil and Miss Jones

1873 Event - Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point

1871 Event - Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)

1871 Event - Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman

1870 Event - Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to U.S.

1870 Birthday - Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms

1870 Event - Georgia legislature reconvenes

1869 Birthday - Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest

1867 Event - Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia)

1866 Event - President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

1865 Event - President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia

1865 Event - Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville, Georgia

1865 Event - Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler)

1865 Event - Sherman's march through Georgia begins

1865 Event - Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama to Macon, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia

1864 Event - 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia

1864 Event - 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia

1864 Event - 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia

1864 Event - Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia

1864 Event - Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia

1864 Event - Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)

1864 Event - Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties

1864 Event - Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia

1864 Event - Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia

1864 Event - Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea

1864 Event - Battle of Dalton, Georgia - surrendered

1864 Event - 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties

1864 Event - Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties

1864 Event - Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia

1864 Event - Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Atlanta Georgia (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642

1864 Event - Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]

1864 Event - Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia

1864 Event - Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia

1864 Event - Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle

1864 Event - Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia

1864 Event - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha

1864 Event - Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English

1864 Event - Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia

1864 Event - Battle of Dallas, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Cassville Georgia

1864 Event - Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat

1864 Event - Battle of Reseca, Georgia -Atlanta-

1864 Event - Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia

1864 Event - General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia

1864 Event - Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA

1864 Event - Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia

1864 Event - 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)

1864 Event - Near Andersonville Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"

1864 Event - Battle at Dalton Georgia

1863 Event - Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured

1863 Event - Battle of Chickamauga Georgia (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat

1863 Event - Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia

1863 Event - Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia

1862 Event - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia

1862 Event - Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia

1861 Event - U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by Confederacy

1861 Event - Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1861 Event - Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia seized by Confederacy

1861 Event - Georgia becomes 5th state to secede

1861 Event - U.S. Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia

1856 Event - Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads

1852 Birthday - William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes

1848 Event - William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia

1830 Birthday - James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop

1829 Birthday - Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1825 Birthday - Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, born in Georgia, educator, Rep-Ala, 1857-61

1825 Event - Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826

1823 Event - Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law

1801 Event - 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia

1788 Event - 1st U.S. steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet

1788 Event - Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution

1786 Event - Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia

1785 Event - 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia

1783 Event - Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia

1778 Event - English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia

1777 Event - Georgia becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish both entail and primogeniture

1749 Event - Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal

1742 Event - Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia

1736 Event - Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia

1733 Event - Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah

1732 Event - Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe

1696 Birthday - James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer, Georgia













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