Today in Georgia (US) History (Part 2)
Cities in Georgia (US): Atlanta - Augusta, GA
Historical Events
Results 101 - 125 of 125
1966-09-06 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
1967-01-09 - Georgia legislature seats Rep Julian Bond
1967-01-10 - Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia
1970-05-12 - Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
1972-03-03 - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia
1979-06-23 - Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1980-07-02 - Julie Marie Bryan, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Young Woman of Yr
1980-11-22 - Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak
1981-01-01 - Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
1981-08-18 - Football running back, Herschel Walker, of U of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
1981-10-27 - Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
1981-10-28 - Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
1982-04-26 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982-12-04 - 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1982-12-05 - Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
1983-01-01 - Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
1986-06-30 - Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
1991-03-31 - Soviet Rep of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves
1991-04-05 - Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23
1991-04-29 - Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
1993-06-26 - Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
1994-08-13 - Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
1996-07-19 - XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta Georgia
1996-07-20 - 26th Olympic games open at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
1996-08-04 - 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
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