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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for October 4
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| October 4, 1757 |
Land for city of Sunbury granted to Mark Carr.
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| October 4, 1840 |
African Methodist Episcopal minister W. J. (Wesley John) Gaines is born in Wilkes County, Georgia
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Wilkes County, Georgia |
| October 4, 1940 |
Atlanta Airport declared an air base
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 4, 1948 |
Walt Kelley, a Yankee from Connecticut, published a comic strip based on characters he created earlier in his life. Pogo was set in the Okefenokee Swamp (Fort Mudge) and began to appear when Kelly was art director for the short-lived New York Star.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| October 4, 1955 |
George Mathews of Americus, in association with Bell Systems, demonstrates a photovoltic (sun-powered) phone, the Bell Solar Battery, in the rural Georgia town.
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| October 4, 1970 |
John Rousakis begins a 21-year stint as mayor of Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| October 4, 1971 |
Georgia ratifies the 26th Amendment, setting the voting age to 18
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| October 4, 1982 |
Janice Kay Chatman and John Hancock are abducted. Hancock is shot and plays dead while Judy and Alvin Neelley flee the scene with Chatman.
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| October 4, 1995 |
The eye of Hurricane Opal reaches Georgia. While in the state the hurricane is downgraded to a tropical storm, then a tropical depression. Five people die from the hurricane, and many more are injured.
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Hurricane Opal |
| October 4, 2001 |
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Georgia Supreme Court rules against using electric chair |
| October 4, 2005 |
Tropical storm Tammy comes ashore in Northeast Flordia, quickly moving into southeastern Georgia. High winds and heavy rain cause problems througout the state over the next two days. |
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