Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for January 14
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| January 14, 1733 |
The Ann sets sail for Port Royal with Oglethorpe and the colonists
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James Oglethorpe |
| January 14, 1739 |
George Whitefield ordained a minister in the Church of England
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George Whitefield |
| January 14, 1739 |
First Convention of El Pardo. England signs a preliminary agreement with Spain, leaving to a board of commissioners to be appointed by both countries the determination of the Spanish-English border (Georgia-Florida). England never ratifies the agreement.
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First Convention of The Pardo (El Pardo) |
| January 14, 1776 |
William Bartram returns to Augusta, Georgia
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William Bartram |
| January 14, 1784 |
Treaty of Paris is approved by the United States, officially ending the American Revolution
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| January 14, 1796 |
Responding to public pressure, almost all legislators who profited from the Yazoo Land Act are removed from office. U.S. Senator James Jackson, now a member of the state legislature, convenes the so-called "Reform Legislature"
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James Jackson |
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| January 14, 1833 |
Mercer Institute is founded by Jesse Mercer in Penfield, GA. It will change its name to Mercer University in 1837
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| January 14, 1835 |
James Moore Wayne becomes a U. S. Supreme Court justice, the first justice from Georgia. He was nominated by Andrew Jackson on January 6 and confirmed by Congress on January 9.
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| January 14, 1940 |
Julian Bond born, Nashville, Tennessee |
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Julian Bond |
| January 14, 1963 |
Jimmy Carter sworn in as state senator
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 14, 1966 |
7 county raid centered in Swainsboro nets 63 stills
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Emanuel County, Georgia |
| January 14, 1974 |
Wayne Coleman goes on trial for the Alday family murders. He will be convicted and sentenced to death.
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Alday family murders
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| January 14, 1989 |
Louise Suggs, Tommie Aaron, Thomas William Barnes, Arnold Blum, Alexa Stirling Frazer, William Goodloe, Watts Gunn, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., Mary Dorothy Kirby, Hugh Royer, Jr., Doug Sanders, Harold Sargent and Charlie Yates become the first people inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame |
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Louise Suggs |
| January 14, 1990 |
Jim Williams found dead in his home
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| January 14, 1991 |
Zell Miller inaugurated as Georgia's 79th governor |
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Zell Miller |
| January 14, 1994 |
Ralph David Abernathy III, is stopped in East Point, GA. and charged with running a red light, failure to yield to an Emergency Vehicle, and Reckless Driving
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
| January 14, 1998 |
State senate votes to censure Ralph David Abernathy III
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
| January 14, 1999 |
OutKast tour begins. They open for headliner Lauryn Hill
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OutKast |
| January 14, 2002 |
Young student on the UGA Campus is sexually assaulted.
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UGA sexual assault |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| January 14, 2005 |
Federal judge Clarence Cooper rules Cobb County stickers refering to evolution as being theory are unconstituional. |
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Clarence Cooper |
| January 14, 2011 |
Oglethorpe Bank, Brunswick, GA fails. Assets are purchased by Bank of the Ozarks. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
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