| April 1, 1566 |
Pedro Menendez de Aviles, governor of Florida, visits St. Catherine's and meets with Guale, a chief who controls the lower half of Georgia's coast. Menendez builds two forts, one on Cumberland Island and one on St. Catherines
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| April 1, 1751 |
Culminating an effort to revive the silk industry, a reeling plant is completed in Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| April 1, 1777 |
Commander of British forces in East Florida Augustine Prevost promoted to Brigadier General
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| April 1, 1867 |
General John Pope is appointed Governor, Third Military District, giving him administrative control of the state of Georgia |
| April 1, 1925 |
Sculptor Augustus Lukeman takes over the Stone Mountain project. He suggests that three men, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, be enshrined on the face of the mountain
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Stone Mountain |
| April 1, 1927 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt returns to Warm Springs, Georgia to greet the first polio patients who arrive at the Warm Springs Foundation. He worked with them, helping to establish an exercise program and share his experiences. The patients referred to him as "Dr. Roosevelt."
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| April 1, 1938 |
Arthur L. Hutchins becomes the first Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent
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| April 1, 1946 |
The U. S. Supreme Court declines a request to overturn Sibley's ruling |
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The Road to Integration
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| April 1, 1956 |
Turner Air Force Base becomes home to the U-2 plane
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| April 1, 1956 |
Long Tall Sally by "Little Richard" Penniman is released. It reaches #6 on the pop charts
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Little Richard |
| April 1, 1987 |
First Union buys Roswell Bank
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| April 1, 1987 |
Western Air is merged with Delta Airlines
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Delta Air Lines
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| April 1, 1994 |
National Weather Service central office opens in Peachtree City. Atlanta Airport office closes in Oct., 1996
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National Weather Service
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| April 1, 2001 |
EP-3E downed on Hainan Island, China
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Fighter downs EP-3E |
| April 1, 2006 |
Friends Kyle DeLapp and Hooman Nourparvar of Roswell and Steven M. Gartner of Alpharetta, in Destin, Florida on spring break swim into a dangerous rip current in the Gulf of Mexico to save the lives of 4 children |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Carnegie Awards 2007 |
| April 1, 2008 |
Police in Waycross uncover a plot to "hurt" a school teacher by nine of her third-grade students. |
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Plot against Waycross teacher |
