| August 26, 1791 |
Bartram's Travels copyrighted
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William Bartram |
| August 26, 1805 |
Godfrey Barnsley born, Derbyshire, England
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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| August 26, 1936 |
A heated race for U. S. Senate featuring current Senator Russell against current Governor Talmadge culminates in Griffin, Georgia where Russell gives "the greatest speech of his career" according to Ralph McGill. Russell threatened to make a Democrat out of "ol' Republican Gene," tore the governor up for calling the CCC a bunch of "bums and loafers," and denied Talmidge's claim that Russell had befriended northern blacks
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
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Eugene Talmadge |
| August 26, 1986 |
Jury recieves its charge following the trial of Carlton Gary and returns a guilty verdict within an hour. |
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Wynnton Stocking Strangler |
| August 26, 1995 |
HBO airs the Tuskegee Airmen
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Laurence Fishborne |
| August 26, 2005 |
Federal government ok's the Georgia Voter ID law |
| August 26, 2005 |
Just before coming ashore near Miami, Tropical Storm Katrina becomes a hurricane. It crosses the peninsula quickly and enters the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Hurricane Katrina |
| August 26, 2006 |
John Ripley Forbes, a lifelong nature lover who founded, designed and supported hundreds of nature facilities nationwide, died at the age of 93. |
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John Ripley Forbes |
| August 26, 2007 |
Warner Robbins team wins Little League World Series, defeating Japan by a score of 3-2. It marked the second consecutive year the championship had been won by a team from Georgia. |
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Warner Robbins wins Little League Championship |
