| May 21, 1721 |
HMS Enterprise arrives in Charles Town with a contingent of troops (His Majesty's Independent Company of Foot) to build Fort King George, near the present-day town of Darien, Georgia
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| May 21, 1733 |
First treaty with the Creek Indians. When Oglethorpe landed, Tomochichi had granted Oglethorpe the right to use the land on the Savannah River, but explained that chiefs of the Creek Nation needed to also approve the transfer of land. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
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Oglethorpe signs treaty with Creek |
| May 21, 1766 |
The Georgia Gazette resumes publication |
| May 21, 1776 |
Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall arrive in Philadelphia to attend the Second Continental Congress
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| May 21, 1781 |
Battle of Fort Dreadnought
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| May 21, 1781 |
Battle of Fort Galphin, on Silver Bluff near Augusta
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| May 21, 1799 |
Stephen Decatur commissioned Lieutenant, U. S. Navy
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Stephen Decatur
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| May 21, 1825 |
6 West Point cadets are found at Benny Havens's pub without permission. Among them is Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Davis |
| May 21, 1875 |
Augusta Canal receives funding for enlargement
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| May 21, 1894 |
General Philip Cook died, Atlanta, Georgia
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Philip Cook, CSA |
| May 21, 1917 |
Atlanta Fire destroys 300 acres of homes and businesses totaling 1938 structures. Although 10,000 people were displaced by the fire no one was killed.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 21, 1932 |
Rock City opens atop Lookout Mountain
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Lookout Mountain |
| May 21, 1936 |
Margaret Mitchell assigns MacMillen the right to sell Gone With The Wind to a production studio
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Gone With The Wind
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Margaret Mitchell |
| May 21, 1944 |
Eighth Air Force begins Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo, systematic raids in Germany and France designed to destroy the Nazi's ability to move munitions and supplies by railroad. It is specifically designed to soften up German lines in advance of D-Day |
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Eighth Air Force |
| May 21, 1952 |
Callaway Gardens opens (it was called Ida Cason's Gardens at the time). |
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Callaway Gardens |
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Cason J. Callaway |
| May 21, 1955 |
Telephone worker strike ends.
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| May 21, 1956 |
Brenda Lee, then 11, is signed to a recording contract by Decca Records
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Brenda Lee
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| May 21, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter declares environmental state of emergency and orders the evacuation of residents of the Love Canal
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 21, 2004 |
Georgia Senator Zell Miller, retiring at the end of this term, announces he will not teach at his alma mater, Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia. Professor David Franklin penned a letter the Senator labeled as "vitrolic." Miller compared the enviroment at the college to Washington, D. C., and stated that he would not "put up with this kind of vitriol." In the letter, Franklin bitterly complained about the HOPE scholarship funding and Miller's stand on Iraq prisoner abuse. |
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Zell Miller |
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Towns County, Georgia |
