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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 5
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 5, 1801 |
Clarke County created
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Elijah Clarke |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1801 |
Tattnall County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Tattnall County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1811 |
Madison County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Madison County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1853 |
Catoosa County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1853 |
Pickens County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Andrew Pickens |
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Pickens County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1861 |
Major General William Hardee assumed command of the Central Confederate Army in Kentucky
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| December 5, 1877 |
Voters approve the new constitution and affirm the movement of the state capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta
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| December 5, 1889 |
Jefferson Davis, only President of the Confederate States of America, dies |
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Jefferson Davis |
| December 5, 1910 |
Confederate General Alfred Cumming died, Rome, Georgia
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Rome, Georgia |
| December 5, 1932 |
Richard Wayne ("Little Richard") Penniman is born in Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| December 5, 1933 |
The 21th Amendment to the Constitution, repeal of the 18th Amendment, becomes law. Georgia does not ratify.
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| December 5, 1945 |
Five Avenger-class torpedo bombers leave Ft. Lauderdale NAS on a training flight over the Atlantic and disappear five hours later. One credible theory to the disappearance of the planes is that they landed in the Okefenokee Swamp.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| December 5, 1955 |
Martin Luther King is elected president of the Montgomery (AL) Improvement Association, which will lead the boycott of local buses resulting from the arrest of Rosa Parks
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Martin Luther King
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| December 5, 1966 |
The U.S. Supreme Court hears the case involving the election of the Governor of Georgia. |
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
| December 5, 1966 |
U. S. Supreme Court reverses a lower court decision, ruling in Julian Bond's favor. Bond had been denied his seat in the Georgia House because he had encouraged draft dodging. |
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Julian Bond |
| December 5, 1982 |
Hershal Walker wins the Heisman Trophy
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