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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for April 11
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| April 11, 1753 |
Population of Georgia reported to by 2,381 whites and 1,061 blacks. These figures do not include king's troops or boatmen
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| April 11, 1768 |
Governor Wright signs into law an ordinance passed by both houses of the Georgia legislature appointing Benjamin Franklin as the state's colonial agent. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| April 11, 1773 |
William Bartram arrives in Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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William Bartram |
| April 11, 1789 |
Ignatius Alphohso Few, son of William Few and founder of Emory University, is born, Columbia County, Georgia |
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Columbia County, Georgia |
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William Few |
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Ignatius Few |
| April 11, 1862 |
Fort Pulaski surrenders |
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Civil War - 1862 |
| April 11, 1881 |
The Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, a college for African-American women, opens in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church on the corner of Mitchell St. and Haynes St. It will become Spelman College, |
| April 11, 1942 |
U-boat 123 sinks the Gulfamerica off the Florida coast near Jacksonville
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| April 11, 1956 |
The Venable family signs a quit claim deed for the area encompassing Stone Mountain, giving it to Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, Inc.
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Stone Mountain |
| April 11, 1959 |
Springer Mountain, between Fannin County and Gilmer County, becomes the start of the Appalachian Trail, replacing Oglethorpe Mountain (Pickens County). The change reduced the length of the Appalachian Trail by about 15 miles |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Pickens County, Georgia |
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Fannin County, Georgia |
| April 11, 2004 |
Phil Mickelson wins the Masters. |
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Mickelson defeats Els to capture the Masters |
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Masters Tournament |
| April 11, 2008 |
Georgia Tech baseball player Michael Hutts is found dead in his off-campus apartment. It is later determined he died of morphine toxicity. |
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