| December 12, 1754 |
William Clifton, a barrister from England who had been appointed Attorney General by the king, presents a plan for creating a system of courts in the colony of Georgia. This was the genesis of the system still in use in today. |
| December 12, 1804 |
Milledgeville established as new state capital.
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Milledgeville |
| December 12, 1825 |
Baker County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Baker County, Georgia |
| December 12, 1870 |
State operation of the Western and Atlantic Railroad ceases. Former governor Joseph E. Brown begins running the line under a 20 year lease from the state.
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| December 12, 1896 |
First electric lights, Brumby's Drugstore, Athens, Georgia
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| December 12, 1897 |
Lillian Smith born, Jasper, Florida |
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Lillian Smith |
| December 12, 1910 |
Joseph Rucker Lamar is nominated to the Supreme Court by William Howard Taft.
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| December 12, 1965 |
Tommy Nobis is signed by the Atlanta Falcons
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Atlanta Falcons |
| December 12, 1966 |
U. S. Supreme Court overturns a lower court ruling, permitting the election of the governor of Georgia by a vote in the Georgia legislature. |
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
| December 12, 1974 |
Jimmy Carter announces his candidacy for President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter |
| December 12, 1999 |
Fulton County jury convicts former state senator Ralph David Abernathy II, son of the famous Civil Rights leader, on 18 felony counts. |
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Abernathy convicted on 18 felony counts |
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
| December 12, 2007 |
Atlanta appoints assistant coach Emmitt Thomas as interim head coach. |
| December 12, 2008 |
Haven Trust Bank in Duluth, Georgia was closed Friday by the Georgia Department of Banking, which named the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC immediately transferred the deposits to Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T), headquartered in Winston-Salem. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| December 12, 2008 |
Brian Nichols is sentenced to the maximum for each of the 54 crimes he committed in his May, 2005 rampage. |
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Atlanta courthouse attack |
