2012 Event Antisa Khvichava, a Georgian woman believed to be the oldest woman of all time, dies at age 132 2012 Event After a year of being held hostage by pirates, 15 Georgian soldiers are released through efforts of the Somalian government 2010 Event Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies 1998 Event Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze 1991 Event Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union 1967 Birthday Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian Statesman 1953 Death Noach Zjordanija, Georgian Premier (1918-21), dies at 84 1936 Event Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR and Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union 1935 Birthday Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer, Night Prayers 1930 Event Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR 1922 Event South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR 1921 Event Georgian SSR proclaimed 1918 Event Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1868 Birthday Noach Zjordanija, Georgian veterinarian/premier, 1918-21 1812 Death Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle
