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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1923
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| January 1, 1923 |
Civil Rights leader W. W. (Wesley Wallace) Law born, Savannah
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| February 0, 1923 |
WRAB is licensed in Savannah, GA
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| February 2, 1923 |
Poet/writer James Dickey born, Atlanta (Piedmont Hospital), Georgia
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James Dickey |
| April 28, 1923 |
Earnest Woodruff becomes president of Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola |
| May 18, 1923 |
Charles Lindbergh completes his first solo flight at Souther Field |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| June 14, 1923 |
"Fiddlin'" John Carson records "Little old Log Cabin"
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
| June 23, 1923 |
Carving begins on Stone Mountain
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Stone Mountain |
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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum |
| June 27, 1923 |
Russell is nominated to become Speaker pro tem of the Georgia House of Representatives. He is elected unanimously.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| July 28, 1923 |
Dial telephone service begins in Atlanta
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| August 11, 1923 |
Camden County seat moved from St. Marys to Woodbine |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| September 7, 1923 |
Mae Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA, born, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Louise Suggs |
| September 9, 1923 |
Stadium at Ponce de Leon park burns, destroying most of the Atlanta Crackers uniforms.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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