| January 9, 2009 |
The first salmonella product is identified by a Minnesota scientist in a King Nut peanut butter bucket. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 10, 2009 |
King Nut voluntarily recalls peanut butter manufactured for it by Peanut Corporation of America at their Blakely, Georgia plant. The Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture matches the salmonella from King Nut peanut butter to the illnesses in Minnesota |
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Early County, Georgia |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 13, 2009 |
PCA voluntarily recalls peanut butter produced after July 1, 2008 |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 16, 2009 |
Peanut Corporation of America recalls peanut paste produced after September 26, 2008 |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 27, 2009 |
The FDA completes an inspection of the Peanut Corporation of America facility in Blakely, Georgia. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 28, 2009 |
Based on the findings of the FDA inspection, Peanut Corporation of America recalls all products produced at its Blakely, Georgia after January 1, 2007. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 2, 2009 |
President Barack Obama promises a comprehensive review of the FDA. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 6, 2009 |
It is revealed that the Peanut Corporation of America knowingly shipped salmonella-infected products |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 6, 2009 |
FirstBank Financial Services of McDonough, Georgia, was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. Deposits and some assets were transferred to Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| February 13, 2009 |
Peanut Corporation of America files for bankruptcy |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 24, 2009 |
The state of Georgia furloughs about 25% of its workforce (25,000 workers) because of a budget shortfall |
| February 24, 2009 |
The last case of Peanut Corporation of America salmonella outbreak is reported to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. During the 6-month outbreak 691 cases were reported in the United States and one in Canada. The infections resulted in 8 deaths. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| March 6, 2009 |
Freedom Bank of Georgia in Commerce was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the FDIC was named as receiver. Deposits and some assets were transferred to the Northeast Georgia Bank in Lavonia. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| March 10, 2009 |
Actress-singer Mandy Moore (A Walk to Remember, License to Wed) weds rock musician Ryan Adams in a quiet ceremony in Savannah. |
| March 20, 2009 |
FirstCity Bank of Stockbridge, Georgia, is closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC is named receiver, but no bank is willing to assume the deposits |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| March 27, 2009 |
Omni National Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, will act as paying agent for the insured deposits. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| April 12, 2009 |
Angel Cabrera wins the 73rd Annual Masters in a three person playoff. |
| April 20, 2009 |
Six Flags Inc., parent company of Six Flags Over Georgia and White Water, is delisted by the New York Stock Exchange. |
| April 25, 2009 |
George Zinkhan UGA marketing professor and head of the school's marketing department kills his wife and two fellow members of the Athens Community Theater. A worldwide manhunt ensued. |
| April 29, 2009 |
A 39-year old Kentucky woman visiting friends in LaGrange and who recently traveled to Cancun, Mexico, is Georgia's first confirmed case of swine flu |
| May 9, 2009 |
The body of UGA professor George Zinkham is discovered in a shallow grave in northern Clarke County, Georgia |
| May 14, 2009 |
Chrysler announces it plans to close 14 dealerships in the state of Georgia |
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Chrysler closes 13 dealerships in Georgia |
| May 18, 2009 |
Atlanta rapper Dolla, whose real name is Roderick Anthony Burton II, is shot at the Beverly Center. He is pronounced dead a few minutes later at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. |
| May 20, 2009 |
Aubrey Louis Berry is arrested by police at LAX for the murder of Dolla, an Atlanta rapper |
| May 20, 2009 |
Michael Vick leaves federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas |
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Michael Vick |
| June 19, 2009 |
Georgia Theater in Athens, built in the 1890's, is gutted by fire. |
