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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 6
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| February 6, 1560 |
[circa] Tristan de Luna reaches the Alabama River while searching for food. |
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Tristan de Luna |
| February 6, 1736 |
The Wesleys disembark on The Peeper (now Cockspur Island)
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Charles Wesley |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| February 6, 1832 |
John Brown Gordon born, Upson County, Georgia
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Upson County, Georgia |
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John Brown Gordon
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| February 6, 1850 |
Georgia agrees to send delegates to the Nashville Convention
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| February 6, 1864 |
Popular Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan receives a hero's welcome when he arrives in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| February 6, 1876 |
The Atlanta Herald is put up for sheriff's sale. The Atlanta Constitution purchases the Herald's subscriber lists and a few other assets.
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| February 6, 1926 |
Oliver Hardy signs with Roach Studios |
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Oliver Hardy |
| February 6, 1938 |
Reverend Charles Lee, 71-year old rector of Christ Church on St. Simon Island is murdered by a sniper as he sat at his desk in the historic church. |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| February 6, 1981 |
Patrick Baltazar, 12, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 6, 2003 |
James Oglethorpe statue on Augusta Common dedicated
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James Oglethorpe |
| February 6, 2008 |
Emu snarls traffic on I-20 near Appling |
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Escaped Emu on I-20 |
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Columbia County, Georgia |
| February 6, 2009 |
It is revealed that the Peanut Corporation of America knowingly shipped salmonella-infected products |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 6, 2009 |
FirstBank Financial Services of McDonough, Georgia, was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. Deposits and some assets were transferred to Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
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