2004 Ray Charles, blues legend, Georgia on My Mind, dies at 73
2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta
2000 Super Bowl XXXIV, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16
1997 Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30
1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
1996 XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta, Georgia
1996 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
1995 Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95
1994 Giorgi Chanturia, President of Georgia, assassinated
1994 Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
1994 Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71
1993 Zviad Gamsachurdia, President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54
1993 Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
1992 Georgia Brown, British singer and actress (Love at Stake), dies at 58
1992 Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58
1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
1991 Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R.
1991 Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23
1991 Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves
1990 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats U.S.S.R. in Atlanta Georgia (2-1)
1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
1986 Georgia O'Keefe, U.S. painter (Flowers), dies at 98
1986 Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist
1985 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution
1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65
1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
1982 Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
1982 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
1981 Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
1981 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak
1980 Julie Marie Bryan, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Young Woman of Year
1980 Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1997
1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1979 Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1996
1978 G[eneral] A[ustin], Columbus, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation
1978 RoRo, [Romell Chapman], born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation
1978 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52
1978 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot and crippled by a sniper in Georgia
1977 Becky Turner, born in Marietta, Georgia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics
1974 Kimber West, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Feb 1997
1974 Georgia Goettmann, model, Cosmo-May 1995
1973 Rachel Kathleen English, Thomaston, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia 1996
1973 Michael "Mike" Theodore Lambert IV, Thomaston, Georgia, rower, Oly-1996
1972 Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics
1972 Laurie Shepard, Cordele, Georgia, female pitcher, Colo Silver Bullets
1972 Jimmy Haynes, born in La Grange, Georgia, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
1972 Shea Olliff, born in Augusta, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia, 1997
1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia
1971 Rhonda Adams, Columbus Georgia, playmate, Jun, 1995
1971 Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Evansville IN
1971 Chann McRae, Albany, Georgia, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1971 Willie Greene, Milledgville Georgia, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds
1971 WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting
1971 Guivi Sissaouri, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler, Oly-s-96
1971 Jenny Craig, Miss Georgia USA 1996
1971 Shepherd Clark, born in Atlanta, Georgia, figure skater, 1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ
1970 Guy Hill, Atlanta Georgia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 NCAA-3rd
1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast
1970 Joey Hamilton, Statesboro Georgia, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1970 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
1970 Shannan Mitchem, born in Decatur, Georgia, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets
1970 Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug, 1995
1969 Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel
1969 WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting
1969 Andrea Wieland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, field hockey goaltender 1996 Olympics
1969 [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten, McRae Georgia, 400m hurdler 1996 Olympics silver
1969 Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel
1969 Lindsay Kennedy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Jeb-Little House on the Prairie
1968 WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 Antonio Pettigrew, Macon, Georgia, 400m 1996 Olympics
1968 Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress, Dinosaur Island
1968 Celena Mondie-Milner, born in Milledgeville, Georgia, 100m/200m runner
1968 John Maginnes, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Texarkana Open-5th
1968 Franklin Langham, Augusta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1993 Permian Basin Open
1968 Todd Jones, born in Marietta, Georgia, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1968 Paul Claxton, Vidalia Georgia, Nike golfer, NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th
1968 Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart
1968 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America 1991
1967 Julia Roberts, born in Smyrna, Georgia, actress, Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman
1967 WJRJ (WTCG, WTBS) TV channel 17 in Atlanta, Georgia (IND) begins
1967 Travis Fine, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Ike McSwain-Young Riders
1967 Angel Martino, Americus Georgia, 50m/100m freestyle, Oly-gold/2 br-92, 96
1967 Marquis Grisom, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians
1967 Nanci Bowen, born in Tifton, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore
1967 Richard Gillam, born in Atlanta, Georgia, pairs skater
1967 WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia
1967 Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond
1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Moises Alou, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder for the Montreal Expos
1966 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, U.S. poet/playwright, dies at 88
1966 Gillian Bonner, Athens Georgia, playmate, Apr, 1996
1966 Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War
1965 Gwen Torrence, born in Lithonia, Georgia, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96
1965 Tim Simpson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1985 Southern Open
1965 Kevin Brown, born in Mcintyre, Georgia, pitcher for the Florida Marlins
1964 Kenny Rogers, born in Savannah, Georgia, pitcher, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees
1964 Susan Walters, Georgia, actress, Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John
1964 Trisha Yearwood, Monticello Georgia, country singer, Sweetest Gift
1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Teresa Edwards, born in Cairo, Georgia, basketball forward, Oly-gold-1984, 88,92,96
1964 Warren Newson, born in Newnan, Georgia, outfielder for the Texas Rangers
1963 Marla Maples, [Trump], Dalton, Georgia, actress, Will Rogers Follies
1963 Missy Hyatt, born in Atlanta, Georgia, wrestling manager, WCW, ECW
1963 WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 Horace Holden, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96
1963 Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club
1963 Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sun-Times Challenge
1962 Christy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1962 Roger Kingdom, Vienna, Georgia, 110m hurdler, Olympics gold 1984, 88
1962 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
1962 Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah Georgia, PGA golfer, 1986 Bank of Boston
1962 Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
1962 Martin Luther King, Jr. jailed in Albany, Georgia
1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia
1962 Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia
1962 Denise Baldwin, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1991 Futures Salisbury
1962 Melinda Mays, Augusta, Georgia, playmate, Feb, 1983
1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
1961 Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Ready Teddy"
1961 WXGeorgia TV channel 8 in Waycross, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, lt cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 83, 94
1961 Laurence Fishburne, born in Augusta, Georgia, actor, Red Heat, School Daze
1961 Cindy Mackey, born in Athens, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am
1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia
1960 Amy Grant, Augusta Georgia, gospel/rock singer, Glory of Love, Baby Baby
1960 Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
1960 Kim Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1960 Wendy White, born in Atlanta, Georgia, tennis player
1960 Mitzi Edge, born in Albany, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 SAFECO Classic
1960 WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Chicago White Sox
1959 Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze
1959 Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox
1958 Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta Georgia, actor, Love Kills, Electric Dreams
1958 Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World
1958 Larry Hogan Mize, Augusta Georgia, PGA golfer, 1987 Masters
1958 Lex Lugar, [Larry Pfohl], born in Atlanta, Georgia, wrestler, WWF/WCW/NWA
1958 Holly Hunter, born in Atlanta Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade
1958 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Holly Hunter, born in Conyers, Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Once Around
1957 Faith Prince, Augusta, Georgia, Broadway actress, Guys and Dolls, Carousel
1957 Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women
1957 Byron Cherry, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Coy-Dukes of Hazzard
1957 Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist, B-52's-Love Shack
1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1956 WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 Diana Scarwid, Savannah Georgia, actress, Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat
1955 Jeff Daniels, born in Georgia, actor, Something Wild, Dumb and Dumber, Speed
1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1955 Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1954 T Graham Brown, Arabi, Georgia, country singer, Come as you Were
1954 Terri Gibbs, born in Augusta, Georgia, blind singer, Somebody's Knockin'
1954 Dale Eggeling, born in Statesboro, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Oldsmobile Classic
1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1954 Hollis Stacy, born in Savannah, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977, 78
1954 WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Kim Basinger, Athens, Georgia, actress, 9 Weeks, Batman
1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Julian Keith Strickland, Athens, Georgia, drummer, B-52's-Rock Lobster
1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Jerry Pate, born in Macon, Georgia, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976
1953 Hulk Hogan, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion, 1984-89
1953 Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy
1953 Boyd Gaines, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing
1953 Ricky Wilson, born in Athens, Georgia, rock guitarist, B-52's-Love Shack
1953 Andy Bean, born in Lafayette, Georgia, PGA golfer, Western 1978, Kemper 1978
1953 Georgia approves U.S. 1st literature censorship board
1952 Steve Sanders, Richland, Georgia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
1952 Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
1952 Thomas J Hennen, Albany Georgia, astronaut, STS 44
1952 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)
1952 Lionel Johnston, Augusta, Georgia, actor, Sons and Daughters
1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS 39, 64
1951 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1951 Barry Van Dyke, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder
1951 Fred Schneider, born in Newark, Georgia, vocalist and guitarist, B-52's-Rock Lobster
1951 Cassie Yates, born in Macon, Georgia, actress, Osterman Weekend, Dynasty
1950 JoMari Payton Noble, born in Albany, Georgia, actress, Harriette-Family Matters
1949 Kevin Sullivan, wrestler, WCW/ECW/SMW/NWA/Georgia/CWFI
1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of U.S.
1949 WAGeorgia TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 Georgia Engel, born in Washington D.C., actress, Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show
1948 Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991-
1948 Barry Bailey, born in Doraville, Georgia, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section
1947 Freddy Weller, Georgia, rocker, Paul Revers and The Raiders
1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., Macon, Georgia, USN/astro, STS 33
1946 Barbara Leigh, Ringgold, Georgia, actress, Vampirella
1946 Demond Wilson, Valdosta Georgia, actor, Sanford and Son, Baby I'm Back
1946 Diedre Lenihan, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actress, Wendy-Needles and Pins
1946 Roy Yeager, born in Doraville, Georgia, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section
1945 Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse
1945 Wyomia Tyus, Griffin, Georgia, 100m runner, Olympics gold 1964, 68
1945 Paul Goddard, born in Georgia, rock bassist, Atlanta Rhythm Section
1944 Mike Curb, Savannah, Georgia, singer, Mike Curb Congregation
1944 Brenda Lee, born in Lithonia, Georgia, singer, I'm Sorry
1944 Millie Jackson, born in Thompson, Georgia, model/singer, Get it out 'cha system
1944 Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train
1944 David M. Walker, Columbus, Georgia, Capt USN/astron, STS 51-A 30, 53, 69
1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1943 Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astro, STS 51-F, 61-F
1942 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)
1942 Merald "Bubba" Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knights and Pips
1942 Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks
1941 Otis Redding, Dawson, Georgia, rock bassist, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
1941 Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster, Morning Show
1941 Stacy Keach, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1941 William Guest, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight Show
1941 Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock Georgia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open
1940 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
1939 Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips
1939 Jim Dent, Augusta, Georgia, PGA golfer, 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior
1939 Martha Hudson, born in Eastman, Georgia, 4X100m relayer, 1960 Olympics gold
1939 Ray Stevens, Clarksdale, Georgia, singer, Ahab the Arab, Streak
1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia
1937 Isabelle F Daniels, born in Jakin, Georgia, 4X100m relayer, Olympic-bronze-56
1937 Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave
1937 Jay W. Macintosh, born in Gainesville, Georgia, actress, Sons and Daughters
1937 Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of President Carter
1937 Jerry Reed, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer/actor, Bat 21, Smokey and the Bandit
1937 Tommy Aaron, Gainesville Georgia, PGA golfer, 1973 Masters
1936 Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, singer, Devil Went Down to Georgia
1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
1936 Jim Brown, Georgia, NFL full back for the Cleveland Browns/actor, Dirty Dozen
1934 Tom Jarriel, LaGrange, Georgia, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20
1934 Ben Smith, born in Atlanta, Georgia, PGA golfer, Ralphs Senior Classic-4th
1934 1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Georgia
1933 Georgia Brown, [Lillian Getel], actress, Study in Terror, Fixer
1933 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia)
1932 Roosevelt Grier, born in Cuthbert, Georgia, NFLer for the New York Giants/actor, Movin' On
1932 Jim Fowler, born in Albany, Georgia, naturalist, Wild Kingdom
1931 Brook Benton, soul vocalist, Rainy Night in Georgia
1930 Ray Charles, Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist, Georgia
1930 Jasper Johns, Augusta, Georgia, painter/sculptor, Green Target
1930 Joanne Woodward, born in Thomasville, Georgia, actress, 3 Faces of Eve, Rachel
1930 Catherine Hardy, Carollton, Georgia, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold
1929 Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains, Georgia, 1st sister/evangelist
1929 Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center
1929 Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor, Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love
1928 Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football
1928 Pernell Roberts, Waycross, Georgia, actor, Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD
1928 James Brown, Augusta, Georgia, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1, Hot Pants
1928 William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
1928 Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of U.S.S.R., -91
1927 Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man
1927 Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust
1927 Jane Withers, Georgia, actress, All Together Now, Josephine the plumber
1926 "Alvin" Junior Samples, born in Cummings, Georgia, country singer, Hee Haw
1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
1925 Mattiwilda Dobbs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, soprano
1925 Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find
1923 Alice [Davis] Coachman, Albany, Georgia, high jumper 1948 Olympics gold
1923 Louise Suggs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1949, 52
1922 Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes 1st woman in Senate
1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1922 Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business
1921 Douglass Watson, Jackson Georgia, actor, Satan Murders, Another World
1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia
1920 Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park
1920 Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Massachusetts, singer, Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire
1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. Leonard McCoy-Star Trek
1920 U.S.S.R. recognizes Georgia's independence
1920 Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman, Georgia, rock writer, Bye Bye Love
1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. McCoy-Star Trek
1920 Georgia declares independence
1919 Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers
1918 Joe Williams, Cordele, Georgia, jazz singer, Everyday I have the Blues
1918 Leroy T Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Olympic consultant, 1960, 68, 72
1918 LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee
1918 Claude Akins, Nelson Georgia, actor, BJ and Bear, Movin' On, Lobo
1917 Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam
1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
1916 Harry James, born in Albany, Georgia, trumpeter, married to Betty Grable
1916 Robert Parrish, Columbus, Georgia, director, Casino Royale
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
1914 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], born in Atlanta, Georgia, TV host, Miss America
1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat
1913 Earl Blackwell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, author, Celebrity Register
1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)
1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)
1909 Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic
1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks
1907 Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story
1907 Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature
1905 Sterling Holloway, Cedartown, Georgia, actor, Waldo-Life of Riley
1904 James Melton, Moultrie, Georgia, opera tenor, Ford Festival
1903 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane
1902 Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three
1902 Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930
1901 Melvyn Douglas, born in Macon, Georgia, actor, Hud, Ghost Story
1901 Ben Lyon, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse
1899 Danton Walker, Mariette, Georgia, columnist, Broadway Spotlight
1898 Lee Tracy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye
1897 Henry A. Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
1895 200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia
1893 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia
1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC
1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution
1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution
1893 Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia
1893 Royal Butler, [Edwin Richey], born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor
1892 Oliver Hardy, Harlem, Georgia, comedy team member, Laurel and Hardy
1890 Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird
1887 Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisconsin, sculptor/painter, Cow's Skull
1887 Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist
1885 Wallingford Riegger, born in Albany, Georgia, composer, Bacchangle
1877 Georgia B D Camp Johnson, U.S., poet/playwright, Autumn Love Cycle
1877 Charles Coburn, Macon, Georgia, actor, Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1877 Charles Coburn, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Devil and Miss Jones
1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115, died in 1991
1873 Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
1870 Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to U.S.
1870 Georgia legislature reconvenes
1869 Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest
1867 Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia)
1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
1865 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia
1865 Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia
1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler)
1865 Sherman's march through Georgia begins
1865 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama to Macon, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
1864 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
1864 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia
1864 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
1864 Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia
1864 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
1864 Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties
1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
1864 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia
1864 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
1864 Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea
1864 Battle of Dalton, Georgia - surrendered
1864 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties
1864 Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia
1864 Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid)
1864 Battle of Atlanta Georgia (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642
1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
1864 Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia
1864 Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia
1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha
1864 Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
1864 Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia
1864 Battle of Dallas, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Cassville Georgia
1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1864 Battle of Reseca, Georgia -Atlanta-
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia
1864 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia
1864 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA
1864 Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Near Andersonville Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1864 Battle at Dalton Georgia
1863 Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured
1863 Battle of Chickamauga Georgia (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat
1863 Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia
1863 Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
1862 James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia
1862 Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1861 U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
1861 Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia seized by Confederacy
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1861 US Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia
1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes
1848 William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
1830 James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1829 Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brig Gen Confederate Army, died in 1910
1825 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, born in Georgia, educator, Rep-Ala, 1857-61
1825 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 Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law
1801 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
1788 1st U.S. steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet
1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution
1786 Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia
1785 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia
1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia
1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1777 Georgia becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish both entail and primogeniture
1749 Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal
1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
1736 Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia
1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer, Georgia
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