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| August 18, 1905 |
Turner County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Turner County, Georgia |
| November 19, 1938 |
Ted Turner born, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Ted Turner |
| April 1, 1956 |
Turner Air Force Base becomes home to the U-2 plane
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| January 1, 1970 |
Atlanta UHF Channel 17, WJRJ becomes WTCG (Turner Communications Group
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Ted Turner |
| January 1, 1976 |
Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Ted Turner |
| December 17, 1976 |
WTCG, Channel 17 (Atlanta), owned and operated by Ted Turner, begins to uplink its signal to a satellite transponder and give it to cable operators across the country for free. It is the first "Superstation"
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Ted Turner |
| December 17, 1976 |
The first of the so-called "Superstations" begins broadcasting from Atlanta as WTBS (owned by Ted Turner)
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Ted Turner |
| January 28, 1977 |
Turner Communications purchases controlling interest in the Atlanta Hawks
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Ted Turner |
| August 21, 1979 |
Turner Communications Group becomes Turner Broadcasting System.
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Ted Turner |
| June 1, 1980 |
Ted Turner briefly introduces CNN (Cable News Network) from Atlanta. David Walker and Lois Hart then begin the first show.
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| August 8, 1986 |
In what will become one of the smartest moves that Ted Turner will ever make, he purchases the MGM library
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Ted Turner |
| 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 |
| March 3, 1995 |
Glenn Turner, a Cobb County police officer, dies after exhibiting "flu-like" symptoms for several days. |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| April 4, 1997 |
First National League game at Turner Field, Atlanta Braves lose to the Chicago Cubs, 5-4. It is only the fifth field used by the Braves as a home field in more than 125 years of playing baseball
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Ted Turner |
| June 25, 1997 |
Ted Turner is awarded a National Hockey League franchise
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Atlanta Thrashers |
| January 22, 2001 |
Randy Thompson, a Forsyth County firefighter, dies after exhibiting "flu-like" symptoms for several days. His live-in companion is Lynn Turner. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| June 22, 2001 |
Cobb County police link the deaths of Randy Thomson and Glenn Turner. They begin a homicide investigation. |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| July 30, 2001 |
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, having been called into the Lynn Turner case to assist the Forsyth County police, declare that firefighter Randy Thomson died from antifreeze poisoning. His death will later be ruled a homicide. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| June 27, 2002 |
Cobb County changes Glenn Turner's cause of death from irregular heartbeat to antifreeze poisoning. |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| November 1, 2002 |
Georgia's "Black Widow," Lynn Turner, is indicted on charges she killed her husband Glenn, a Cobb County police officer, in 1995
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Lynn Turner |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| January 28, 2003 |
Ted Turner resigns as Vice-Chairman of AOL Time-Warner
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Ted Turner |
| August 12, 2003 |
Statue of Warren Spahn unveiled at Turner Field
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| February 2, 2004 |
Jury selection in the Lynn Turner trial begins in Marietta. |
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Marietta, GA |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| 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 |
| April 26, 2004 |
Lynn Turner's trial resumes in Perry, Georgia (Houston County). |
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Houston County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| May 14, 2004 |
After hearing evidence that included the antifreeze poisoning of boyfriend Randy Thompson, Houston County jurors convict Lynn Turner of killing husband Glenn Turner. |
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Lynn Turner |
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Houston County, Georgia |
| March 24, 2007 |
Lynn Turner is convicted of the murder of Randy Thompson |
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Lynn Turner |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
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