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City of Macon, Georgia
| July 12, 1806 |
Letter to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn indicating the move from Fort Wilkinson (Milledgeville) to Fort Hawkins (Macon) was underway
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| February 19, 1818 |
General Andrew Jackson arrives at Fort Hawkins (Macon) with 1,000 Tennessee volunteers.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| November 18, 1835 |
Joanna Troutman presents the first Lone Star flag to Col. William Ward, commander of the Georgia Battalion. The Macon, Georgia-area troops were headed west to join in the fight for Texas independence. |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Crawford County, Georgia |
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Lone Star Flag |
| December 23, 1836 |
Wesleyan College in Macon is chartered
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| July 16, 1840 |
First woman to graduate college in the United States, Catherine E. Brewer, Wesleyan College, Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| July 16, 1840 |
First woman to graduate college in the United States, Catherine E. Brewer, Wesleyan College, Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| May 1, 1849 |
Telegraph connects Macon and Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| November 27, 1849 |
Duncan Lamont Clinch dies, Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Duncan L. (Lamont) Clinch |
| May 7, 1855 |
Walter Terry (W. T.) Colquitt dies on a trip from Columbus to Macon. He is 56.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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W. T. Colquitt |
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City of Colquitt |
| February 18, 1863 |
Cornerstone laid for the Macon Armory
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| October 30, 1863 |
Jeff Davis stops in Macon, briefly addressing a crowd
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Jefferson Davis |
| May 7, 1864 |
Union officers are transferred from Camp Sumter (Andersonville) to Camp Oglethorpe, on the Macon fairgrounds
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| November 16, 1864 |
Sherman leaves Atlanta having reorganized his men into two "wings" of two corps apiece. The Left Wing is commanded by Henry Slocum, the Right Wing by O. O. Howard. Sherman's strategic plan is for the Left Wing to make a feint on Augusta while the Right Wing makes a feint at Macon, forcing the remaining Confederate troops to be split between the two towns.
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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March to the Sea |
| November 18, 1864 |
Joseph Wheeler arrives to defend Macon. Along with Howell Cobb, William Hardee and G. P. T. Beauregard, the city had about 10,000 men to defend it.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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March to the Sea |
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Howell Cobb |
| November 20, 1864 |
Investigating the lack of a Union attack, Joseph Wheeler heads northeast of Macon into the Right Wing of Sherman's army. The army had bypassed Macon.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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March to the Sea |
| December 10, 1864 |
The Daily Intelligencer returns to Atlanta from Macon
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| April 20, 1865 |
Macon falls into Union hands
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Union troops enter Macon, Georgia |
| August 24, 1872 |
Macon and Western merges with the Central Railroad and Banking Company to form Central of Georgia Railroad
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| November 1, 1875 |
Earthquake on the South Carolina/Georgia state line felt in Atlanta and Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
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| August 16, 1876 |
At a convention held in Macon, Republicans nominate wealthy Atlanta businessman Jonathan Norcross to run for governor against Alfred Colquitt. |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| October 1, 1886 |
Deadline for bids to a commission studying the creation of Georgia Tech. Those who met the deadline were: Athens and UGA; Atlanta; Macon; Milledgeville; and Penfield, Georgia (site of original Mercer College)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| February 4, 1901 |
Jefferson Franklin Long dies, Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| April 5, 1901 |
Actor Melvyn Douglas born, Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| June 7, 1922 |
Macon's WMAZ broadcasts the graduation of Mercer University. Although the station had operated since the Fall of 1921, it was considered experimental
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| May 30, 1924 |
C. E. Woolman to become vice president of Huff Daland Dusters, Macon, Georgia.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Delta Air Lines
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| December 5, 1932 |
Richard Wayne ("Little Richard") Penniman is born in Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| May 3, 1933 |
Singer James Brown, "The Godfather of Soul" is born in either Macon, Georgia or Barnwell, SC
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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James Brown |
| June 14, 1934 |
Ocmulgee National Monument becomes part of the National Park System
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| September 9, 1938 |
Ron Fairly born, Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Ron Fairly |
| September 27, 1953 |
Macon's WMAZ-TV goes on the air
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| November 1, 1955 |
James Brown and the Famous Flames record Please, Please, Please at WIBB in Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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James Brown |
| October 29, 1971 |
Duane Allman dies in Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Duane Allman and the Allman Brothers Band |
| July 13, 1980 |
Highest temperature ever recorded in Atlanta (105 degrees) and Macon (108 degrees)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| January 21, 1985 |
Record breaking cold weather sweeps into Georgia, with the temperature reaching -8 degrees in Atlanta, -6 degrees in Macon and 3 degrees in Savannah
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| July 20, 1996 |
Macon's WMAZ Radio (940 AM) becomes WMWR (940 AM)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| June 10, 1997 |
Groundbreaking on the new Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| April 24, 1999 |
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame opens in Macon, Georgia |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| December 14, 1999 |
C. Jack Ellis becomes Macon's first black mayor
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| April 20, 2004 |
Canada’s Gord Fraser won Stage 1 of the six day, seven stage 2004 Dodge Tour de Georgia. Fraser, is known for his sprinting capabilities and fierce competitiveness. Comprised of 82.1 miles, the first stage began and ended in Macon, taking the riders east to Georgia’s antebellum capitol, Milledgeville.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Tour de Georgia 2004 |
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