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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for January 5
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| January 5, 1762 |
John Stuart receives the title, "Royal Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Southern District of North America
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| January 5, 1779 |
Stephen Decatur is born, Sinnepuxent, Maryland
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Stephen Decatur
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| January 5, 1779 |
Zebulon Montgomery Pike is born, Somerset County, New Jersey. |
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Zebulon Pike |
| January 5, 1881 |
W. J. Gaines (Wesley John) Gaines proposes the establishment of a College for African-American youths in North Georgia.
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| January 5, 1905 |
Actor Sterling Holloway born, Cedartown
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Polk County, Georgia |
| January 5, 1910 |
The Jenkins County Courthouse, which had been completed less than two years before, burns. A new courthouse, almost identical to the first, is rebuilt over the next two years.
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Jenkins County, Georgia |
| January 5, 1938 |
At the White House, Franklin Roosevelt and Carl Vinson discuss disturbing world developments including the Naval armament of Germany and Japan |
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Carl Vinson, Father of the Two Ocean Navy
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| January 5, 1955 |
Walter George elected President pro tem of the Senate |
| January 5, 1960 |
In Coke v. City of Atlanta the District Court of North Georgia, Atlanta, finds that Dobbs House Restaurant, as agent for Atlanta at the airport violated the 14th Amendment rights of H. D. Coke by refusing to serve him in the same area as white patrons. Coke was Black. The judge also dismissed the portion of the suit against Atlanta. |
| January 5, 1978 |
Lance sells his National Bank of Georgia stock to Ghaith Phararon, an associate of Pakistani banker Agha Hasan Abedi, who founded BCCI in 1972
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Bert Lance |
| January 5, 1983 |
Jim Williams appeal is granted based on changes in the testimony of a Savannah policeman
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| January 5, 2003 |
Atlanta Falcons beat the Packers at Green Bay, 27-7
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Falcons postseason, 2003 |
| January 5, 2010 |
No. 9 Georgia Tech loses to No. Iowa 24-14 at the Orange Bowl in Miami |
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