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Copyright Lawsuit against Georgia State University
Jerry Reed
| April 12, 1724 |
Lyman Hall, doctor, governor, signed the Declaration of Independence for Georgia, born in Wallingford, Connecticut
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Lyman Hall |
| November 22, 1754 |
Abraham Baldwin born, North Guilford, Connecticut
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Abraham Baldwin |
| February 22, 1772 |
William Harris Crawford born in Nelson County, Virginia
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
| March 15, 1781 |
4,500 Americans are defeated by 1,900 British troops at Guilford Courthouse |
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Nathanael Greene |
| December 22, 1798 |
George Walker Crawford born, Columbia County, Georgia
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Columbia County, Georgia |
| January 6, 1805 |
Charles Jenkins born, Beauford District, South Carolina
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
| September 4, 1805 |
William Earle Dodge is born, Hartford, Connecticut
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William Earle Dodge
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| February 11, 1812 |
Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-president of the Confederate States of America, Georgia governor and U. S. Senator, born on a farm in present-day Taliaferro County, Georgia (near Crawfordville). |
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Alexander Stephens |
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Taliaferro County, Georgia |
| March 24, 1812 |
William H. Crawford elected President pro tem of the Senate |
| November 6, 1813 |
W. W. Bibb resigns his seat in the U. S. House to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W. H. Crawford.
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William Wyatt Bibb |
| November 1, 1815 |
Crawford Long born, Danielsville (Madison County), Georgia
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Madison County, Georgia |
| June 6, 1816 |
Benjamin Hawkins dies, Crawford County, Georgia
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Crawford County, Georgia |
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Benjamin Hawkins |
| October 22, 1816 |
William H. Crawford begins his term as the 7th Treasury Secretary |
| February 19, 1818 |
Johanna Troutman is born, Crawford County, Georgia. She is credited with designing the "Lone Star" flag.
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Crawford County, Georgia |
| December 9, 1822 |
Crawford County created
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Crawford County, Georgia |
| June 28, 1824 |
William Tatum Wofford born, near Cornelia (Habersham County), Georgia. This date is sometimes erroneously given as 1823
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Habersham County, Georgia |
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William Tatum Wofford |
| November 2, 1824 |
William H. Crawford of Georgia loses the U. S. presidential election to John Adams
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
| January 23, 1829 |
Crawford County, Missouri is named for George H. Crawford.
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
| September 15, 1834 |
William Harris Crawford dies at a friend's home near Elberton, Georgia.
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Elbert County, Georgia |
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
| December 18, 1834 |
State of Georgia charters the Georgia Methodists Conference Manuel Labor School in Oxford, Georgia. This would eventually become today's Emory University in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Emory University |
| February 5, 1836 |
Jefferson Franklin Long is born, Crawford County, Tennessee (Knoxville)
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| September 17, 1838 |
15 students attend Emory College in Oxford, Georgia.
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Ignatius Few |
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Emory University |
| March 30, 1842 |
Crawford Long performs the first surgery on a patient under the influence of anesthesia.
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| November 8, 1843 |
George Walker Crawford begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| December 23, 1843 |
Gov. George W. Crawford signs an act creating the city of Marthasville
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| December 27, 1845 |
First use of ether, in Jefferson, Georgia by Crawford Long
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| March 8, 1849 |
George Walker Crawford becomes Secretary of War for Zachery Taylor
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| July 23, 1850 |
George Walker Crawford resigns as Secretary of War
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| January 19, 1863 |
W. T. Wofford promoted to Brigadier General
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William Tatum Wofford |
| May 12, 1865 |
General William Tatum Wofford surrenders the last organized group of Confederate soldiers east of the Mississippi at Kingston, Georgia
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William Tatum Wofford |
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Civil War - 1865 |
| July 27, 1872 |
George Walker Crawford dies, Richmond County (near Augusta)
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| September 22, 1877 |
Rutherford B. Hayes, the first sitting U. S. President to visit Atlanta, addresses a hugh crowd
from the balcony of the Markham House. The hotel was on Loyd St. (Now Central Ave.) |
| June 16, 1878 |
Crawford Long dies in Atlanta, Georgia
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| May 22, 1884 |
William Tatum Wofford dies, Cass Station, Georgia and is buried at the Cassville Cemetery
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William Tatum Wofford |
| April 29, 1885 |
Famed conductor/composer Wallingford Riegger was born in Albany, Georgia. He spent almost all his life in New York.
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Albany, Georgia |
| April 12, 1899 |
Sam Hose kills his employer Alfred Cranford during an argument over wages
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The Lynching of Sam Hose |
| June 2, 1908 |
First Union Bank begins as Union National Bank in a roll-top desk in the lobby of Buford Hotel in Charlotte [NC] |
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| November 6, 1909 |
Atlanta becomes the third city to host an N. A. A. M. sanctioned automobile exhibition. Opened by Chamber of Commerce president Asa Candler, the meeting was attended by Henry Ford, Ransom E. Olds, Charles E. Duryea, Benjamin Briscoe and John N. Willys, each of whom will speak during the weeklong affair. |
| October 16, 1918 |
Clifford West Henry dies following the during the first major American offensive of World War I. He is the boyfriend of Margaret Mitchell
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Margaret Mitchell |
| October 12, 1929 |
First game played in Sanford Stadium. Georgia defeats Yale 15 to 0.
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| January 21, 1940 |
Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, becomes part of Emory University and cornerstone of the new medical program
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Emory University |
| October 26, 1940 |
First night game at Sanford Stadium. Georgia ties Kentucky, 7-7
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| October 28, 1946 |
Ralph Childers, a member of the Colombians, a white supremacy organization, blackjacked Clifford Hines for no reason other than he was a black man walking on a street the Colombians patrolled.
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The Colombians |
| March 13, 1954 |
Storms ripped through the state, including Chattahoochee, Taylor, Houstoun, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Hall, Madison and Elbert County, killing 8 and injuring more than 100 people
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Bibb County, Georgia |
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Elbert County, Georgia |
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Crawford County, Georgia |
| October 14, 1964 |
Buford added to the Metro Atlanta calling area
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| October 24, 1972 |
Jackie Robinson dies, Stamford, Connecticut
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Jackie Robinson |
| February 5, 1976 |
A recruit falls ill at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and dies the following day. Under orders from Gerald Ford, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta launches an inoculation project against "swine flu," the disease responsible for 20 million deaths in 1918-1919.
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| September 23, 1976 |
During the first presidential debate of 1976, and the first since 1960, the audio feed from Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater dropped for 27 minutes during an answer by Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. Post-debate polling showed Carter losing the debate to President Gerald Ford, 39% to 31%
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 6, 1976 |
Second Ford-Carter debate. Carter wins post-debate polling, 40%-30%
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Jimmy Carter |
| December 31, 1978 |
Georgia loses to Stanford 25-22 in the Bluebonnet Bowl
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Vince Dooley |
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| June 22, 1979 |
The Home Depot opens its first stores, on Memorial Drive and Buford Highway in Atlanta |
| August 20, 1980 |
Clifford Jones, 13, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| May 2, 1981 |
21-year old Danny Hansford is shot and killed by Jim Williams, who claimed he was acting in self defense
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| February 1, 1982 |
Testimony indicates that Williams and Hansford had a homosexual affair
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| May 7, 1984 |
Savannah is abuzz as a new witness comes forward claiming that Danny Hansford intend to "harm" Jim Williams
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| October 7, 1991 |
I'll Fly Away a TV show set in fictional Bryland County, Georgia begins a two-year run on NBC. The show documented the life of the Bedfords and the Harpers, and the difference in their lifestyles in 1950's Georgia: one family was black, the other was white.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| January 1, 1994 |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a story about Jim Williams of Savannah, who was tried four times (and convicted three times) for the murder of Danny Hansford, is published.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| August 1, 1996 |
United States Women's Soccer Team wins the gold medal at Sanford Stadium, defeating China by a score of 2-1
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| September 27, 2002 |
General release date for Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon. Portions of the film were shot in Berry College (Rome), Atlanta, Conyers, Crawfordville, Peachtree City and Starr's Mill, Georgia.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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Rome, Georgia |
| February 4, 2004 |
After 2 days of trying to seat an impartial jury in the Lynn Turner case, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Jim Bodiford orders a change of venue. |
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Houston County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| November 2, 2004 |
Three-term Republican congressman Johnny Isakson of Marietta defeated Decatur Democrat Denise Majette from the U. S. House of Representatives to win the U. S. Senate seat vacated by Zell Miller. Also elected to the U. S. House were Jack Kingston (1st), Sanford Bishop (2nd), Jim Marshall (3rd), Cynthia McKinney (4th), John Lewis (5th), Tom Price (6th),John Linder (7th), Lynn Westmoreland (8th), Charlie Norwood (9th), Nathan Deal (10th), Phil Gingrey (11th), John Barrow (12th), and David Scott (13th). |
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Marietta, GA |
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Zell Miller |
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Cynthia McKinney |
| December 8, 2004 |
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was forced to detonate a pipe bomb found in rocks by a fisherman in the vicinity of the Buford Dam powerhouse at Lake Lanier. Police closed off access to the dam during the operation. |
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Lake Lanier |
| January 23, 2006 |
Ford announces that it will close the Hapeville Assembly Plant in 2008. The plant builds the Taurus, which will be phased out. |
| October 27, 2006 |
Ford Motor Company auto assembly plant in Hapeville closes |
| November 7, 2006 |
Sonny Perdue (Republican) defeats Mark Taylor (Democrat) by a margin of 3-2. In other races, Casey Cagle (R) was elected Lieutenant Governor over Jim Martin (D), Karen Handel (R) defeated Gail Buckner (D) for Secretary of State. U. S. House winners were :Jack Kingston, District 1; Sanford Bishop, District 2; Lynn Westmoreland, District 3; Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr., District 4; John Lewis, District 5; Tom Price, District 6; John Linder, District 7; Jim Marshall, District 8; Nathan Deal, District 9; Charlie Norwood, District 10; Phil Gingrey, District 11; John Barrow, District 12; David Scott, District 13 |
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Election of 2006 |
| April 15, 2008 |
Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Sage Publications filed a copyright infringement suit against four Georgia State University officials alleging "systematic, widespread and unauthorized copying and distribution of a vast amount of copyrighted works." |
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Copyright Lawsuit against Georgia State University |
| November 4, 2008 |
In the general election, Republican John McCain receives 2,046,419 votes (52.3%) to Democrat Barrack Obama's 1,840,397 votes (47.0%). Libertarian Bob Barr received 28,771 (0.7). For the U. S. Senate, Republican Saxby Chambliss received 1,864,909 votes (49.8%), Democrat Jim Martin received 1840397 votes (46.8%) and Libertarian Allen Buckley received 127.785 votes (3.4%), forcing the election into a run-off. U. S. House elections sent Jack Kiingston, Sanford Bishop, Lynn Wesstmoreland, Hank Johnson, JR., John Lewis, Tom Price, John Linder, Jim Marshall, Nathan Deal, Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey, John Barrow, and David Scott to Washington |
| November 7, 2008 |
Brian Nichols is convicted for the murder of four people including a judge, a federal agent, an officer of the court, and a deputy sheriff as well as 50 other crimes. Although the jury deadlocked on the death sentence, Judge James Bodiford sentenced Nichols to the maximum time on each offense. |
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Atlanta courthouse attack |
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