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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for September 6
Yesterday Tomorrow
| September 6, 1816 |
Francis S. Bartow, for whom Bartow County was named, born, Savannah
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
| September 6, 1921 |
The New York World began a series of expose articles on the Ku Klux Klan. Syndicated throughout the U.S., it only appeared in the Columbus Enquirer-Sun in Georgia. |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
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Columbus, Georgia |
| September 6, 1958 |
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy born, Atlanta
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| September 6, 1966 |
Atlanta, The City Too Busy to Hate erupts in race riots resulting from a century of black oppression
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The Road to Integration
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| September 6, 1977 |
Larry Gene Campbell is arrested in Atlanta, Georgia after a neighbor spots his picture on a wanted posted at the local post office. He had been one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted
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| September 6, 1990 |
Travis Tritt releases Country Club
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Travis Tritt |
| September 6, 1992 |
Atlanta Falcons play their first regular season game in the Georgia Dome, defeating the New York Jets 20-17 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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The Georgia Dome |
| September 6, 2004 |
Hurricane Francis makes landfall on the Florida panhandle |
| September 6, 2005 |
Convicted sex offender Brian O'Neil Clark, 25, of Woodstock, GA, abducts Kimberly Boyd in her SUV. She dies when he crashes the vehicle and he is shot and killed by an onlooker who saw them fighting before the crash |
| September 6, 2006 |
Zoo Atlanta's giant panda Lun-Lun gave birth to a baby panda the size of a stick of butter. |
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ZooAtlanta |
| September 6, 2006 |
Atlanta Falcons owner asks publicly for a new stadium to replace the Georgia Dome |
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The Georgia Dome |
| September 6, 2006 |
Whitney Houston files for legal separation from her husband of 14 years, Bobby Brown |
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Whitney Houston
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