1994 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1978 Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79
1971 Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Evansville IN
1969 Mark Macon, NBA guard, Detroit Pistons
1968 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 Antonio Pettigrew, Macon, Georgia, 400m 1996 Olympics
1967 Roger Rowland, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Nike golfer, 1990 Macon Open-2nd
1962 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
1955 Mitch Addock, born in Macon MS, Nike golfer, 1992 BC Open-11th
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
1952 Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
1951 Cassie Yates, born in Macon, Georgia, actress, Osterman Weekend, Dynasty
1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., Macon, Georgia, USN/astro, STS 33
1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
1934 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
1932 Little Richard, born in Macon, Georgia, rocker, Tutty Fruity
1917 Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High
1901 Melvyn Douglas, born in Macon, Georgia, actor, Hud, Ghost Story
1877 Charles Coburn, Macon, Georgia, actor, Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1874 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy
1870 Uncle Dave Macon, entertainer
1865 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama to Macon, Georgia
1864 Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid)
1864 Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS---
1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes
1845 1st black lawyer (Macon B. Allen) admitted to bar
1845 Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice
1830 James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1790 Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer, Rene
585 Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Macon (Mastico)
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