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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for April 13;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| April 13, 1743 |
Thomas Jefferson born, Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia (east of Charlotteville, near the Blue Ridge Mountains) |
| April 13, 1777 |
Main body of Georgia militia arrive at Sunbury under the command of Button Gwinnett.
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
| April 13, 1781 |
Skirmish near Augusta
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| April 13, 1929 |
Harry M. Paschal, acting as Asa Candler's agent, receives a check for $94,000 from the city of Atlanta as payment in full for Candler Field
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 13, 1945 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral train stops in Atlanta to change engines on the way to Washington, D. C. Thousands turn out to say a final good-bye to the President. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| April 13, 1954 |
Hank Aaron makes his Major League debut playing for the Milwaukee Braves.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Hank Aaron
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| April 13, 1961 |
Judy Garland, appearing at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, sings Over the Rainbow as her first encore
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| April 13, 2003 |
Former POW's arrive at Ramstein Air Force Base
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Ronald D. Young, Jr. |
| April 13, 2003 |
Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young, Jr. is freed by Marines who rescued the downed Apache helicopter pilot from his Iraqi captors a few miles south of Tikrit, Iraq
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Ronald D. Young, Jr. |
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