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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for August 11;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| August 11, 1736 |
Unhappy over an incident with James Oglethorpe, Charles Wesley leaves for England.
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Charles Wesley |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| August 11, 1739 |
Creek Indians greet General Oglethorpe at a "great council"
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James Oglethorpe |
| August 11, 1848 |
Georgia is split into two judicial districts, Northern and Southern
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| August 11, 1864 |
Prisoner population at Andersonville reaches 33,000, deaths occasionally reach 100 per day.
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| August 11, 1914 |
Last game is play at South End Grounds, Boston, first home of Atlanta Braves
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| August 11, 1914 |
Evans County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Evans County, Georgia |
| August 11, 1923 |
Camden County seat moved from St. Marys to Woodbine |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| August 11, 1938 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits Barnesville
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| August 11, 1938 |
President Roosevelt speaks at the University of Georgia commencement
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| August 11, 1949 |
After enjoying drinks at the Atlanta Women's Club Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh cross Peachtree Street at 13th Street to a movie theater showing "Canterbury Tales." She is hit by a speeding taxi whose driver is drunk.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 11, 1953 |
Terry Gene Bollea ("Hulk Hogan") born, Augusta
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| August 11, 1962 |
Sheila, Tommy Roe's first charted single, goes to #1 for two weeks
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Tommy Roe |
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