| March 27, 1734 |
Oglethorpe arrives in Charleston on the first leg of a trip that will take him to England. With him are Tomochichi and other Indians
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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James Oglethorpe |
| March 27, 1777 |
Unable to raise a militia large enough to accomplish his goals, Button Gwinnett requests the assistance of Continental commander Lachlan McIntosh to launch the Second Florida Expedition
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| March 27, 1814 |
General Andrew Jackson defeats the Creek Red Stick faction at Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River (now Alabama).
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| March 27, 1825 |
Marquis de LaFayette spends the night at the Gachet house, Lamar County, Georgia
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Lamar County, Georgia |
| March 27, 1836 |
James Fannin and his regiment are executed in Goliad after surrendering during the Battle of Coleto
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James Walker Fannin |
| March 27, 1864 |
Herny Wirz takes command of the inmates at Camp Sumter (Andersonville)
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| March 27, 1941 |
Eleanor Roosevelt in Valdosta
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Eleanor Roosevelt dedicates library in Valdosta |
| March 27, 1941 |
The state creates the Stone Mountain State Park Authority |
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Stone Mountain |
| March 27, 1970 |
Georgia ratifies the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote |
| March 27, 1994 |
The Palm Sunday Killer tornadoes destroy a church in Piedmont, AL (west of Cedartown) before killing 18 in Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| March 27, 1996 |
Gays Hill Baptist Church, Millen, burns
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Jenkins County, Georgia |
| March 27, 2002 |
President George W. Bush delivers a major speech on Homeland Security at Georgia Tech
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| March 27, 2005 |
Hail the size of baseballs and golf balls was reported as well as flooding rivers including the Flint River in Culloden; the Ocmulgee in Hawkinsville, Abbeville and Macon; the Oconee in Dublin and Penfield; Big Creek near Alpharetta; and the Chattahoochee River in Whitesburg. |
| March 27, 2008 |
Charles Johnson enters Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He stalks a male nurse whom he blames for his mother's death in 2004 and kills him. He kills two more people while making his escape before being shot by a Columbus police detective. |
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Gunman at Doctors Hospital |
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Columbus, Georgia |
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Muscogee County, Georgia |
