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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 4
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| December 4, 1766 |
Pending issuance of required stamps, the port of Savannah closes. |
| December 4, 1820 |
The Alabama State Legislature renames Cahaba County, Alabama to Bibb County.
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William Wyatt Bibb |
| December 4, 1841 |
The state suspends all work on the Western and Atlantic Railroad north of the Etowah River and dissolves the board managing the railroad. |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| December 4, 1864 |
Statesboro, Georgia, is the first major town visited by the Right Wing of Sherman's Army in almost two weeks.
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March to the Sea |
| December 4, 1864 |
Battle of Waynesborough
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Civil War - 1864 |
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March to the Sea |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| December 4, 1890 |
The charter of the Chickamauga Memorial Association is finalized and submitted to the Superior Court of Walker County, Georgia. The charter, which lasted for 20 years, allowed anyone to join the group for a lifetime fee of $5.00. The objective of the organization was to acquire land and honor those who fought at Chickamauga, the bloodiest two days of American history. This is the official start of what will become the Chickamauga National Military Park.
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Walker County, Georgia |
| December 4, 1895 |
Coca-Cola is now sold in all 46 states of the Union according to company president Asa Chandler
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| December 4, 1941 |
10 Georgia colleges including the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and others are dropped from the accredited list of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools because of "unprecedented and unjustifiable political interference" by Gov. Eugene Talmadge. |
| December 4, 1981 |
MARTA's North-South line opened
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| December 4, 2001 |
OutKast releases "Big Boi and Dre Present OutKast, compiling songs from the Atlanta-based La Face label:"Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (1994), "ATLiens" (1996), "Aquemini" (1998) and "Stankonia" (2000).
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OutKast |
| December 4, 2002 |
Whitney Houston admits to Diane Sawyer on the ABC news program "Primetime" that she abused marijuana, cocaine and alcohol. |
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Whitney Houston
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| December 4, 2009 |
Three banks fail. First Security National bank of Norcross, The Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta and the Tattnall Bank, Reidsvile. The State Bank and Trust purchased the assets of the first two and Heritage Bank of the South purchased the assets of the third bank. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
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