| 1733 | | 12 Feb:
James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony, and its first city at Savannah.GHS OU |
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| 1775 | | 19 Apr:
The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS |
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| 1776 | | 4 Jul:
The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA |
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| 1787 | |
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The U. S. Constitution is signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the Constitutional Convention.LoC CC |
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| 1819 | | 22 May:
The first steam powered vessel to cross the Atlantic, the S.S. Savannah, "put to sea with steam and sails" on a historic trip that would take her to England, Sweden and Russia with stops in Norway and Denmark before returning home.AAQ NSSavannah |
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| 1860 | | 20 Dec:
Confederate States begin to secede from the Union.Tulane SI |
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| 1861 | | 4 Feb:
The Confederate States of America is formed.CWH LoVA |
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Jefferson Davis becomes the President of the Confederate States of America.ACW LoC |
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| 1864 | | 15 Nov:
Sherman begins his March to the Sea after burning Atlanta.LoC OHC |
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| 1886 | | 8 May:
After John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola earlier in the year, the first sales are made at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta.Coca-Cola LoC |
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| 1912 | | 12 Mar:
The Girl Scouts are founded in Savannah, Georgia.GS GHS |
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| 1922 | | 21 Nov:
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office becoming the first woman to serve in the U. S. Senate.USSenate |
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| 1950 | | 24 Sep:
Black Sunday occurs when smoke from forest fires in western Canada makes its way east, darkening the skies in the eastern United States and Canada and as far away as western Europe.BLM WR |
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| 1958 | | 5 Feb:
A B-47 accidentally drops an unarmed thermonuclear bomb at the mouth of Georgia's Savannah River.npr AA |
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| 1980 | | 1 Jun:
CNN, the first 24-hour news channel, begins broadcasting.CNN MLRC |
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| 2023 | | 14 Aug:
The twice impeached, thrice indicted, rapist and former squatter of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue again adds another bullet to his criminal resumé - this time an indictment in the state of Georgia regarding his attempt to steal the election there.AP Reuters |
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