| September 8, 1754 |
Puritans at Midway celebrate the first "Lord's Supper." They also begin work on a larger church to replace the small log meeting house completed earlier in the year. |
| September 8, 1780 |
George Michael Troup is born.
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George Michael Troup |
| September 8, 1834 |
W. W. Gordon begins term as mayor of Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| September 8, 1873 |
Panic of 1873 begins with the collapse of Jay Cooke and Co.
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| September 8, 1912 |
Mae Crow is sexually assaulted by Ernest Knox in Oscarville, Georgia. Knox returned to the scene, perhaps with friends and the teenage woman was again sexually assaulted. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| September 8, 1925 |
The Flint River Flood of 1925 begins |
| September 8, 1938 |
Sam Nunn is born, Perry, Georgia
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| September 8, 1952 |
Ray Charles records four songs for Atlantic Records, who purchased his contract the previous week. |
| September 8, 1976 |
The Bobbin Show, a trade show of the American Apparel Manufacturers, becomes the first show in the new Georgia World Congress Center
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| September 8, 1986 |
A month after purchasing the MGM library, Ted Turner releases a colorized version of "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney
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Ted Turner |
| September 8, 1992 |
The New York Times closes the Gwinnett Daily News after failing to make it a money-making operation.
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| September 8, 2003 |
Georgia Lottery Corporation annouces it has accepted Rebecca Paul's resignation. |
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Georgia Lottery |
| September 8, 2006 |
Coaching legend Erk Russell dies from a stroke or heart attack while driving his truck in Statesboro. |
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Erk Russell |
| September 8, 2008 |
First reported case of salmonella eventually linked to peanuts |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
