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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for April 9
Yesterday Tomorrow
| April 9, 1561 |
Angel Villafane sets sail from Santa Maria de Filipinos (Pensacola). |
| April 9, 1731 |
A Spanish coast guard sloop, plowing the waters near Havana, Cuba, intercepts the frigate Rebecca, returning to London after a lucrative stop in Jamaica. A member of the boarding party (possibly Captain Juan Fandino de Leone) slices off the ear of Robert Jenkins (Captain of the Rebecca).
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| April 9, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson enters the Okefenokee Swamp in search of Billy Bowlegs (Bolek) and his band of Seminole Indians.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| April 9, 1872 |
The dispute over the boundary between Georgia and Florida, which had been waged for 72 years, is laid to rest by a act passed by the U. S. Congress
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| April 9, 1887 |
Piedmont Exposition is officially proposed
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Piedmont Park |
| April 9, 1928 |
After blasting Gutzon Borglum's work from the face of Stone Mountain, Augustus Lukeman unveils his work on the face of the mountain. Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York attends the ceremony
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Stone Mountain |
| April 9, 1936 |
While travelling by train to Warm Springs, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives a brief address to Gainesville citizens from his rail car, shortly after a tornado struck the city
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| April 9, 1942 |
Heading south off the coast of Georgia, U-boat 123 sinks the Esparta off the coast of Cumberland Island, Georgia (Camden County).
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| April 9, 1947 |
The Freedom Riders begin to test the adherence to new integrated interstate bus rules throughout the South, including Georgia. First in a number of Freedom Rides, sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
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The Road to Integration
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| April 9, 1949 |
Ray Charles reaches the chart for the first time with Confessin' Blues
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Ray Charles |
| April 9, 1968 |
Martin Luther King's funeral is held in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Lester Maddox, governor of the state at the time, refuses to close the state government in honor of the slain Civil Rights leader, or attend the funeral. Maddox felt King was an "enemy of the country." The governor additionally stationed 64 riot-helmeted state troopers at the entrances of the capitol to protect "the property of the state." |
| April 9, 1968 |
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Lester Maddox |
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Martin Luther King
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| April 9, 1973 |
Georgian Tommy Aaron wins the Masters in Augusta
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Masters Tournament |
| April 9, 1988 |
Dave Prater of Sam and Dave dies when his car runs off I-75 in Georgia
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| April 9, 1998 |
The National P.O.W. Museum opens at Andersonville, GA
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| April 9, 2003 |
University of Georgia, Athens hires Dennis Felton to replace former coach Jim Harrick, who left the school following a scandal |
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Coach Jim Harrick suspended |
| April 9, 2006 |
Phil Mickleson shoots a 3-under round at Augusta National to win his 2nd green jacket |
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2006 Masters Tournament |
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Masters Tournament |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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