| April 18, 1775 |
Witnessing British troop movements, Joseph Warren asks Paul Revere to bring the news Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington |
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Joseph Warren |
| April 18, 1781 |
Battle at Ebenezer
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| April 18, 1818 |
American troops surround the village of Billy Bowlegs (Bolek) in the Okefenokee Swamp. As they advance they find a single man - Lt. Robert Ambrister of the British Army
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| April 18, 1865 |
Confederate Powder Works in Augusta ceases operation
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Civil War - 1865 |
| April 18, 1893 |
Auburn Avenue created from Wheat Ave.
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| April 18, 1894 |
In a letter to Caroline Meriwether Goodlett, Anna Davenport Raines explains that both Nashville and Savannah have organizations called "Daughters of the Confederacy" and requesting permission to continue its use, unaware that the Savannah chapter had begun using the name first. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| April 18, 1930 |
Atlanta's "new" Union Station opens for business. The facility on Forsyth Street replaced an earlier Union Station on the corner of Pryor and Wall Street. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 18, 1932 |
U. S. Senator William Harris dies of a heart attack
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| April 18, 1953 |
More than 300 people were injured by a tornado in Muscogee County, Georgia
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Georgia Tornadoes |
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Muscogee County, Georgia |
| April 18, 1969 |
28 people injured and 2 million dollars of property damage by a tornado in Coffee County
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Coffee County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| April 18, 1975 |
Both the plans for I-485 and the Stone Mountain Tollway are officially discontinued by the Georgia Department of Transportation
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| April 18, 1975 |
The rail depot at Plains, Georgia opens as Jimmy Carter's campaign headquarters
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| April 18, 1975 |
Honeybee declare the state insect
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| April 18, 1983 |
Judy Neelley is convicted of murder and sentenced to die in Alabama's electric chair
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| April 18, 1984 |
Carlton Gary is arrested on marijuana related charges in Columbus, Georgia. He posts bond and is freed.
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Wynnton Stocking Strangler |
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Columbus, Georgia |
| April 18, 2005 |
Genarlow Wilson is convicted of having sex with a minor under the age of consent at a party in 2003. He had been acquitted of an earlier rape charge from the same party. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
