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Two workers die in Smyrna construction accident
Cobb County, Georgia
Lynn Turner
John Hollis Bankhead
Ralph David Abernathy III
Joseph Emerson Brown
Rucker Smith
2008 Georgia tornado outbreak
Barbie Bandits
| December 3, 1832 |
Cobb County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| December 23, 1854 |
City of Roswell, Cobb County, incorporated. It is now part of Fulton County
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| March 23, 1874 |
"Fiddlin'" John Carson born on a farm north of Smyrna (Cobb County), Georgia. Sometimes given as March 23, 1868 in Blue Ridge (Fannin County) Georgia. Carson probably created this erroneous birthdate and birthplace himself to appear older and appeal to the displaced Appalachian farmers who made up his core audience
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Fannin County, Georgia |
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
| December 18, 1886 |
Ty Cobb born in Narrows (Banks County).
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Ty Cobb |
| August 13, 1904 |
60 acres of land in Cobb County west of Marietta are transferred to the Dan McCook Brigade Association. This is the start of today's Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| May 9, 1932 |
Portions of Cherokee, Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, along with all of Campbell County and Milton County are ceded to Fulton County.
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Campbell County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| June 15, 1943 |
Marietta Army Airfield (AKA Cobb County Airport) is designated by General Order
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Marietta, GA |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| March 2, 1948 |
Roy Barnes born, Cobb County, Georgia
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| May 2, 1982 |
The Weather Channel begins broadcasting from a building in Cobb County
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| September 1, 1983 |
Conservative U. S. Representative Lawrence "Larry" McDonald, from Cobb County, Georgia dies when Korean Airlines Flight 007, a Boeing 747, is shot down by a Soviet MIG fighter in international waters in the Sea of Japan. All 269 people aboard died.
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| March 29, 1991 |
Douglas and Cobb County were hit by F3 tornadoes as part of a much larger system. More than 50 million dollars damage was done, with 27 people injured
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Douglas County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| April 25, 2003 |
Supercell thunderstorms rake Polk, Paulding, Cobb, North Fulton and Dekalb County in north Georgia as well as Stewart, Marion, Webster, Sumter, and Dooly County in the south during the late afternoon and evening hours. Dade County also suffered some damage.
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Webster County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| May 6, 2003 |
Strong storms move through north Georgia. Among the counties hardest hit are Floyd, Walker, Catoosa, Gordon, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Dekalb, Clarke, Barrow and Elbert County.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Gordon County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Clarke County, 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 |
| January 14, 2005 |
Federal judge Clarence Cooper rules Cobb County stickers refering to evolution as being theory are unconstituional. |
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Clarence Cooper |
| May 24, 2005 |
Federal appeals court rules that Cobb County must remove stickers it added to books stating "Evolution is theory" |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| March 24, 2008 |
Barbie Bandits Ashley Nicole Miller and Heather Lyn Johnston are sentenced following earlier guilty pleas. Cobb County Judge Mary Staley handed down a 10-year sentence to Johnston to be served on probation for theft and misdemeanor marijuana possession charges. Johnston's co-defendant Miller was sentenced to two years for the bank theft and drug possession charges with eight years on probation. |
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Barbie Bandits |
| July 6, 2008 |
General Electric/Universal, owner of NBC and other media properties announces an agreement with Landmark Communications to purchase Cobb County-based cable property The Weather Channel |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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