Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 16
Yesterday Tomorrow
| June 16, 1734 |
The Aldbourough arrives, Isle of Wight
|
| |
Tomochichi's trip to England
|
| June 16, 1757 |
Henry Ellis delivers his first address to the Georgia general assembly
|
| June 16, 1768 |
Speaker of the Georgia House Alexander Wylly replies to the Massachusetts circular as a private citizen, in support of the northern colony
|
| June 16, 1802 |
Treaty of Fort Wilkerson is signed
|
| June 16, 1868 |
The Atlanta Constitution, founded by Colonel Carey W. Stiles, is published for the first time
|
| June 16, 1878 |
Crawford Long dies in Atlanta, Georgia
|
| June 16, 1878 |
Crawford Long dies, Athens, Georgia |
| June 16, 1940 |
Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins, who had been chief of the Army Air Corps material division died. The Warner Robins Air Base, south of Macon is named in his honor
|
| June 16, 1959 |
United States District Court Judge Frank H. Hooper rules that although he does not have the power to order integration, he does have the power to end segregation. He orders the Atlanta City Schools to desegregate
|
| |
Frank A. Hooper |
| |
The Road to Integration
|
| June 16, 1962 |
Baseball star Wally Joyner born, Stone Mountain
|
| June 16, 1994 |
Lisa Lopes checks into a alcoholism rehab center
|
| |
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes |
| June 16, 2002 |
Levi's closes its Blue Ridge, Georgia manufacturing facility |
| |
Fannin County, Georgia |
| June 16, 2004 |
Delta Air CEO Gerald Grinstein said Delta "canot survive in its current form" as fares continue to decrease and oil prices rise. |
| |
Delta Air Lines
|
Yesterday Tomorrow
|
