| March 7, 1540 |
Hernando deSoto reaches the Capachequi River (now called the Flint River) in the general vicinity of Bainbridge
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Decatur County, Georgia |
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Hernando deSoto |
| March 7, 1567 |
Juan Pardo returns to Santa Elana
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| March 7, 1734 |
Salzburgers arrive in Charleston, where they are personally greeted by James Oglethorpe |
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Salzburgers in Georgia |
| March 7, 1736 |
John Wesley gives his first sermon (not in a church) in Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| March 7, 1825 |
Indian Springs Treaty of 1825 ratified by Congress
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| March 7, 1853 |
Davis becomes Franklin Pierce's Secretary of War
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Jefferson Davis |
| March 7, 1857 |
Howell Cobb begins to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under James Buchanan. |
| March 7, 1965 |
Georgians Hosea Williams and John Lewis lead a peaceful group of about 600 civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery. It is brutally stopped on the Edmund Pettus Bridge just outside the city limits by Alabama State Troopers. Today the beating of these peaceful marchers is known simply as "Bloody Sunday".
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The Road to Integration
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| March 7, 1979 |
Ray Charles performs his song Georgia before the General Assembly of Georgia. |
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Ray Charles |
| March 7, 1983 |
Trial begins in Alabama for accused murderer Judy Neelley
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| March 7, 1990 |
A jury finds Emmanuel Hammond guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping and armed robbery in the death of Julie Love |
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Murder of Julie Love |
| March 7, 2008 |
Castleberry Foods plant in Augusta loses its FDA-issued temporary operating license and closes for a month |
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Food recall at Castleberry in Augusta |
| March 7, 2010 |
Brad Keselowski taps Carl Edwards in lap 41 of the Atlanta Motor Speedway's Kobalt Tools 500 in Hampton, Georgia. With Keselowski looking to finish in the top 5, Edwards later retaliates, banging Keselowski and sending him airborne. NASCAR officials order Edwards to leave the track. |
| March 7, 2011 |
The Georgia Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision that the Voter ID law passed in 2005 is legal, finishing challenges in both state and federal courts |
