Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for May 1
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| May 1, 1562 |
Jean Ribault lands in the vicinity of a "great river," perhaps the St. John's.
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Jean Ribault |
| May 1, 1773 |
William Bartram heads to Augusta, Georgia, to participate in meetings with the Creek Indians
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William Bartram |
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Creek Indians |
| May 1, 1776 |
Archibald Bulloch elected first executive of Georgia, President of the Council of Safety
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Archibald Bulloch |
| May 1, 1776 |
200 Creek Indians meet with representatives of the Georgia government in Augusta.
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Creek Indians |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Creek Indians at Augusta |
| May 1, 1777 |
Overshadowed by the McIntosh-Gwinnett feud, Elbert departs from Sunbury heading south to the Georgia-Florida border
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Samuel Elbert |
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Second Florida Expedition |
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Button Gwinnett |
| May 1, 1777 |
General Lachlan McIntosh addresses the General Assembly, denouncing Button Gwinnett by calling him a "scoundrel and lying rascal."
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Button Gwinnett |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 1, 1783 |
Word reaches Georgia of the Treaty of Ghent, ending the Revolutionary War
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| May 1, 1819 |
Dr. William Greene is appointed by Gov. William Rabun to settle continuing disputes over the location of the Florida-Georgia border
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William Rabun |
| May 1, 1833 |
The final drawings for the Sixth Land Lottery are made |
| May 1, 1844 |
Whig Party nominates Henry Clay to run for President of the United States |
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Henry Clay |
| May 1, 1849 |
Telegraph connects Macon and Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| May 1, 1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May 3, 1863 |
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Civil War - 1863 |
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Philip Cook, CSA |
| May 1, 1913 |
Jim Conley, a black janitor, is arrested when he is discovered rinsing blood off a shirt in the basement of the National Pencil Company
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| May 1, 1928 |
Atlanta to New York and Atlanta to New Orleans air mail service is launched
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 1, 1953 |
Delta merges with Chicago and Southern to expand routes in Midwest
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Delta Air Lines
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| May 1, 1971 |
The Georgian, L&N's St. Louis to Atlanta service, pulls into Union Station for the last time. The building is closed and razed to make way for Underground Atlanta. |
| May 1, 1982 |
Kennesaw, Georgia passes a city law that required a head of household to maintain a firearm and ammunition, in response to a law passed by Morton Grove, IL., banning the possession of firearms
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| May 1, 1998 |
Black Dog, an action film starring Patrick Swayze and Randy Travis is released. It was partially filmed in Atlanta and Cleveland, Georgia
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| May 1, 2002 |
The Blackjack Bay Blackjack02 fire is spotted in the Okefenokee Swamp. By the time it is brought under control the fire will have destroyed 106,000 acres of the fragile swamp |
| May 1, 2006 |
Purchase, NY based Pepsi-Cola receives a letter offering Coca-Cola trade secrets including the highly protected Formula X. |
| May 1, 2009 |
Silverton Bank, National Association, Atlanta, Georgia, a commercial bank that provided banking services to other banks, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created a bridge bank to assume operations. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
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