| January 12, 1937 |
Augusta decides to use buses instead of streetcars
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| February 25, 1937 |
Live oak becomes the state tree
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| March 19, 1937 |
Bill creating the Department of Public Safety is signed into law by Governor E. D. Rivers
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| March 20, 1937 |
Entertainer Jerry Reed (Hubbard) is born in Atlanta, Georgia |
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Jerry Reed |
| March 24, 1937 |
Coca-Cola received a design patent for the contour bottle so closely associated with the company's product
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Coca-Cola |
| March 25, 1937 |
While researching the movie George Cukor and his staff spoke with Atlanta historian/painter Wilbur Kurtz. He is hired as technical director.
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Gone With The Wind
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| March 30, 1937 |
President Franklin Roosevelt issues an executive order creating the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Okefenokee Swamp |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| April 4, 1937 |
Byron Nelson wins the Masters in Augusta |
| May 3, 1937 |
Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize. The award ceremony is later in the month.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Gone With The Wind
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| May 9, 1937 |
Dave Prater (one-half of Sam and Dave) born, Ocilla, Georgia
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| August 1, 1937 |
WAGA (Atlanta) is established to handle NBC's Blue Network programs. Until this time, WSB would alternately carry the Red Network and the Blue Network.
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WSB Atlanta |
| September 20, 1937 |
Lula Carson Smith weds Reeves McCullers and moves to Charlotte, North Carolina
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Carson McCullers |
| October 15, 1937 |
State prison moves to Reidsville
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