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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for August 22
Yesterday Tomorrow
| August 22, 1705 |
Georg Augustus marries Wilhelmina-Caroline von Brandenburg in Hanover, Germany |
| August 22, 1776 |
Lead elements of the First Florida Expedition leave Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| August 22, 1795 |
During the Yazoo Land Fraud, James Gunn, Mathew M'Allister, George Walker, Zachariah Cox, Jacob Walburger, William Longstreet and Wade Hampton, by deed, convey a portion of the Georgia Company's land to James Greenleaf. Greenleaf's later sale of the land results in the landmark U. S. Supreme Court ruling, Fletcher v. Peck. |
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James Gunn |
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Fletcher v. Peck |
| August 22, 1821 |
Tornado strikes Tybee Island, smashing a portion of the U. S. Army barracks on the island
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| August 22, 1889 |
First electric streetcar in Atlanta runs from Edgewood Av. to Inman Park
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| August 22, 1891 |
City of Hazelhurst incorporated (now county seat of Jeff Davis County)
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Jeff Davis County, Georgia |
| August 22, 1901 |
National Weather Service relocates to the corner of Broad and Forsyth Streets (formerly the C&S National Bank building)
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National Weather Service
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| August 22, 1933 |
Georgia Day at the 1933 Chicago International Exposition
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| August 22, 2005 |
Rep. Jack Kingston dedicates the "Forgotten Invasion" exhibit at Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum, paying tribute to the fort on Peters Point that was the site of the last battle of the War of 1812. |
| August 22, 2007 |
"Barbie Bandit" Heather Lyn Johnston pleads guilty to theft by taking and marijuana possession. |
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Barbie Bandits |
| August 22, 2009 |
America's Most Wanted profiles the case of Kristi Cromwell, missing from Blairsville |
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Kristi Cromwell |
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