Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for April 5
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| April 5, 1763 |
South Carolina governor Thomas Boone begins to grant Georgia land south of the Altamaha, mostly to speculators but some to wealthy friends.
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| April 5, 1764 |
Revenue Act of 1764 (Sugar Act)
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| April 5, 1776 |
Archibald Bulloch writes letter to Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton giving them great latitude in voting at the Second Continental Congress
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Lyman Hall |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Archibald Bulloch |
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George Walton
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| April 5, 1836 |
John Quitman leads a militia group to the Texas frontier. He will be offered second in command to Sam Houston, which he declines, and will never see action.
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| April 5, 1901 |
Actor Melvyn Douglas born, Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| April 5, 1938 |
Henry Picard wins the Masters in Augusta |
| April 5, 1950 |
The Sandra, a freighter with a cargo of DDT, leaves the port of Savannah en route to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She is never seen again
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| April 5, 1957 |
Tornadoes strike Lamar, Schley, Macon, Peach, Warren, Columbia, Colquitt, Ware, and Chatham counties, killing 2 and injuring 6, with more than a million dollars in damage.
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Colquitt County, Georgia |
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Columbia County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
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Lamar County, Georgia |
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Schley County, Georgia |
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Macon County, Georgia |
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Peach County, Georgia |
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Warren County, Georgia |
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Ware County, Georgia |
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Chatham County, Georgia |
| April 5, 1977 |
In a special election to fill Andrew Young's seat in the U. S. House of Representatives, Wyche Fowler defeats Paul Coverdale. |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 5, 1980 |
In what Entertainment Weekly called one of the top 100 rock events of all time, the Athens, Georgia based band R.E.M. makes its first appearance
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| April 5, 1983 |
Light plane crash at Rocky Face
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Light plane crash at Rocky Face |
| April 5, 1991 |
Captain Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter dies, Brunswick, GA
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Capt. Manley Lanier Carter |
| April 5, 1991 |
23 dead in Brunswick crash
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Glynn County, Georgia |
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23 dead in Brunswick crash |
| April 5, 2004 |
Georgia Tech loses to UConn (University of Connecticut) in the NCAA Finals. |
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Georgia Tech / 2004 NCAA Tournement |
| April 5, 2006 |
National Democratic leaders including members of the Congressional Black Caucus and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, upset that Cynthia McKinney had diverted press coverage of Tom Delay's resignation, ask John Lewis to talk with McKinney and ask her to apologize |
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Cynthia McKinney |
| April 5, 2007 |
An opening day promotion at Six Flags over Georgia snarls traffic during rush hour on I-20 west of Atlanta |
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