| February 24, 1861 |
The Montgomery Convention completes the Constitution of the Confederate States of America |
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Howell Cobb |
| February 24, 1864 |
Prisoners (about 500) begin arriving at Camp Sumter in Andersonville, Georgia
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| February 24, 1893 |
Lewis Redwine is found in a boarding house in Atlanta. He had been implicated in the Gate City Bank collapse |
| February 24, 1914 |
Jim Conley, self-professed accomplice to the murder of Mary Phagan, is sentenced to a year of hard labor for his role in the crime.
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| February 24, 1932 |
Former U. S. Senator and governor Zell Miller is born in Young Harris
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Zell Miller |
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Towns County, Georgia |
| February 24, 1949 |
Georgia Women Jurors bill fails to pass the state house |
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Women allowed on jury duty |
| February 24, 1957 |
About 100 members of the Ku Klux Klan visit Koinonia Farms after a Sumter County newspaper erroneously reports that the owner endorsed the applications of two black men to Georgia State College of Business Administration (now Georgia State College). They advice the owners it would be a good time to leave the county
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| February 24, 1976 |
Carter wins New Hampshire Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| February 24, 1982 |
Following almost two months of trial, the defense rests in the Wayne Williams case. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 24, 1987 |
Whitney Houston receives a Grammy for The Greatest Love Of All
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Whitney Houston
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| February 24, 2005 |
Federal prosecutors claim that they informed ChoicePoint of major data security problems at the firm in early October. Earlier, ChoicePoint had claimed that they had informed California authorities of suspicious activity on certain accounts. |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
| February 24, 2005 |
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine puts Choicepoint on probation until they prove to him that they have "create[d] a system with which to promptly notify consumers of a security breach and ... hire[d] an outside firm to audit its security measures." |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
| February 24, 2009 |
The state of Georgia furloughs about 25% of its workforce (25,000 workers) because of a budget shortfall |
| February 24, 2009 |
The last case of Peanut Corporation of America salmonella outbreak is reported to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. During the 6-month outbreak 691 cases were reported in the United States and one in Canada. The infections resulted in 8 deaths. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 24, 2010 |
Elana Meyers from Douglasville, Georgia, and teammate Erin Pac won a bronze medal in the women's two-man bobsled competition during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. |
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Douglas County, Georgia |
| February 24, 2010 |
Apple's Itunes online music store, crossed the 10 billion song threshold when 71-year-old Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Ga., bought "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash. Steven Jobs called Sulcer to congratulate him for winning 10,000 free songs. |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
