| October 15, 1829 |
Fannie Kemble gives her first performance, as Juliet at The Covent in London's West End
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Fannie Kemble (Butler) |
| October 15, 1885 |
Morris Brown College in Atlanta begins classes in a wooden structure on the corner of Boulevard and Houston Streets.
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| October 15, 1895 |
Two inventors, C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrate the "Phontoscope," a primative version of a motion picture projector at the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta
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Piedmont Park |
| October 15, 1924 |
Fort Pulaski becomes part of the National Park System
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| October 15, 1930 |
Plane leaves Atlanta on first leg of historic flight to Los Angeles along the so-called "southern route."
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| October 15, 1937 |
State prison moves to Reidsville
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| October 15, 1938 |
79 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia are protected by limiting road incursions and foresting with a one-mile boundary secured by an agreement between the National Park Service and the Forest Service.
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| October 15, 1947 |
Following an attempt to weaken a hurricane by seeding it with dry ice, the storm does an about face and comes ashore near Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| October 15, 1947 |
Shortly after being seeded with dry ice, a hurricane turns and hits Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| October 15, 1966 |
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace added to the National Register
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Juliette Gordon Low and the Girl Scouts |
| October 15, 1991 |
By a vote of 52-48, Clarence Thomas is confirmed by the Senate
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Clarence Thomas |
| October 15, 2004 |
Wachovia receives Federal Reserve approval on the planned merger with SouthTrust |
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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