| January 6, 1706 |
Benjamin Franklin born, Boston, MA. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| January 6, 1778 |
France enters the Revolution on the American side.
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| January 6, 1779 |
Battle of Sunbury - Fort commander John McIntosh replies "Come and take it" to the British demand for surrender. |
| January 9, 1779 |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| January 6, 1785 |
Samuel Elbert begins term as governor
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Samuel Elbert |
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| January 6, 1805 |
Charles Jenkins born, Beauford District, South Carolina
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
| January 6, 1857 |
Sidney Lanier enters Oglethorpe College in Midway, GA |
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Sidney Lanier |
| January 6, 1873 |
Fire destroys the courthouse in Miller County (Colquitt, GA), including all early records of the county
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City of Colquitt |
| January 6, 1883 |
The National Weather Service leaves the Kimball Opera House and moves to the U. S. Customs House (Parietta and Forsyth Streets).
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National Weather Service
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National Weather Service
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| January 6, 1886 |
Christ Church Frederica, on St. Simons Island is consectrated.
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| January 6, 1961 |
Macon judge William Bootle instructs the University of Georgia to admit Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes to the University, finding that they had been excluded from admission simply because they were black
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 6, 1966 |
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), of which Julian Bond was a member, issued an anti-war statement which advocated draft-dodging. Bond's signature appeared on the document.
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Julian Bond |
| January 6, 1969 |
Jimmy Carter witnesses a flying saucer |
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 6, 1974 |
George Dungee 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 6, 1978 |
Ralph Robert Cozzolino is arrested in Jonesboro, Georgia. He had been one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted
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| January 6, 1982 |
District Attorney Lewis Slayton begins opening arguments in the trial of Wayne Williams |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 6, 1982 |
The National Park Service purchases 350 acres of land from Cousins Properties near the site of Power's Ferry to add to the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
