| March 24, 1663 |
Charter regranting Carolina to 8 Lord Proprietors by Charles II. This charter again granted most of Georgia to Carolina.
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| March 24, 1774 |
Britain passes the "Intolerable Acts."
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Intolerable Acts |
| March 24, 1812 |
William H. Crawford elected President pro tem of the Senate |
| March 24, 1890 |
First Lady Caroline Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison) visits Atlanta
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| March 24, 1937 |
Coca-Cola received a design patent for the contour bottle so closely associated with the company's product
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Coca-Cola |
| March 24, 1983 |
Snowstorm dumps 7.9 inches of snow on Atlanta, 8.7 in Athens
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| March 24, 1983 |
Plane crash at Jeffersonville
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Plane crash at Jeffersonville |
| March 24, 1994 |
Emily Tubman is inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. |
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Emily Tubman |
| March 24, 2003 |
The grisly discovery of a decapitated nun's body in a parking lot in Virginia Beach, Virginia led police to Adrian O. Robinson at a local Burger King. Robinson has been charged with killing his father in Hamilton, Georgia, and abducting two nuns. The second nun was found in Robinson's motel room uninjured.
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| March 24, 2007 |
Lynn Turner is convicted of the murder of Randy Thompson |
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Lynn Turner |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
| March 24, 2008 |
Barbie Bandits Ashley Nicole Miller and Heather Lyn Johnston are sentenced following earlier guilty pleas. Cobb County Judge Mary Staley handed down a 10-year sentence to Johnston to be served on probation for theft and misdemeanor marijuana possession charges. Johnston's co-defendant Miller was sentenced to two years for the bank theft and drug possession charges with eight years on probation. |
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Barbie Bandits |
