2014 Event Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine enter into free-trade pacts with the European Union, a decision counter to that of Kazakhstan and Belarus, who partnered with Russia in creation of the Eurasian Union 2014 Event U.S. Southern states of Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina experience a mix of snow and ice, declaring emergencies as over 3,400 flights are cancelled; temperatures dip 10 to 20 degrees below normal 2013 Event Georgia swears in its new President, Giorgi Margvelashvili 2013 Event Current Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, prepares to leave office; Irakli Garibashvili, the current Interior Minister, is appointed as his successor 2013 Event Giorgi Margvelashvili wins a landslide victory in Georgia's election, ending a decade of power by pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili 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 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
