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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for October 8
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| October 8, 1755 |
A small group of Arcadians, expelled from Canada by the British, land in Georgia and establish a colony. |
| October 8, 1862 |
Battle of Perryville, KY |
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
| October 8, 1863 |
Confederate President Jefferson Davis arrives in Atlanta
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Jefferson Davis |
| October 8, 1887 |
Piedmont Park opens (for whites only)
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Piedmont Park |
| October 8, 1888 |
Georgia Tech opens its doors with a total of 129 students
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| October 8, 1889 |
Collett Everman Woolman, founder of Delta Air Lines, is born in Bloomington, Indiana
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Delta Air Lines
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| October 8, 1895 |
The Liberty Bell arrives from Philadelphia to be displayed at Atlanta's Piedmont Cotton Exposition
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Piedmont Park |
| October 8, 1968 |
The Shade (1880), a sculpture by artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is donated to the Woodruff Arts Center (formerly the Atlanta Arts Association) in memory of the 122 members of the Association who died in an airplane crash at Orly Field, June 3, 1962 |
| October 8, 1983 |
Jim Williams is sentenced to life after the jury finds him guilty
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| October 8, 1998 |
Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin accepts design of "Georgia Quarter."
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| October 8, 2010 |
Stacey Bernard Sims is convicted of the mass murder of 6 Hispanic males. His partner, Jamie Underwood had been convicted earlier. |
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Mass murder in Colquitt County |
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