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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for April 15;
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| April 15, 1560 |
[circa] Tristan de Luna detaches 150 men to explore the Alabama River to the north. |
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Tristan de Luna |
| April 15, 1715 |
Start of Yamasee War (Yamasee Indians vs. South Carolina)
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| April 15, 1741 |
The Trustees divide Georgia into two counties, Savannah, with William Stephens as executive and Frederica, with James Oglethorpe as executive
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Fort Frederica |
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James Oglethorpe |
| April 15, 1776 |
Georgia passes the 'Rules and Regulations,' a document generally viewed as the first constitution of the state.
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| April 15, 1777 |
Gwinnett, as leader of the militia, attempts to call a council of war. McIntosh and his commanders, trained Continental soldiers, cannot believe that a politician with no military experience has called such a council and do not attend.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
| April 15, 1821 |
Joseph E. Brown is born, Pickens District, South Carolina |
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
| April 15, 1850 |
Large fire in Atlanta destroys Augustus Wheat's warehouses, store, and livery stable in the area of Auburn Ave. This precipated the formation of the Atlanta Fire Department |
| April 15, 1891 |
U. S. President Benjamin Harrison, who served under General William Tecumseh Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign, visits Atlanta
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| April 15, 1947 |
Jackie Robinson dons a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and walks onto Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn as firstbaseman (he would later play 2nd base and other positions). At that moment he becomes the first modern-era black player in the history of baseball.
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Jackie Robinson |
| April 15, 1964 |
Work begins on Atlanta Stadium, later known as Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium because the city needed financial help to complete the structure.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 15, 1972 |
The Atlanta Braves premier on WTCG
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| April 15, 1996 |
Fox Theater, Atlanta is damaged during a fire that destroyed nearby buildings
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| April 15, 1998 |
Tornado strikes Dooly County |
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Dooly County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| April 15, 2005 |
OutKast settles a lawsuit over the use of Rosa Parks' name on a CD released in 1998. |
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OutKast |
| April 15, 2007 |
A tree felled by lightning strikes power lines near Waycross, starting the largest wildfire in the history of the state |
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Fires scorch Okefenokee and Southeast Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Ware County, Georgia |
| April 15, 2008 |
Delta annouces its intention to merge with Northwest Airlines |
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Delta Air Lines
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| April 15, 2008 |
Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Sage Publications filed a copyright infringement suit against four Georgia State University officials alleging "systematic, widespread and unauthorized copying and distribution of a vast amount of copyrighted works." |
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Copyright Lawsuit against Georgia State University |
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