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Macon


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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