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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for August 3
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| August 3, 1565 |
Laudonniere witnessed the arrival of Sir John Hawkins, an English privateer. Having successfully completed a mission of selling slaves to the Spanish, Hawkins agrees to sell Laudonniere a ship.
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Rene Goulaine De Laudonniere |
| August 3, 1756 |
Royal order issued for Governor Reynolds to return to England and answer for his conduct
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| August 3, 1796 |
Point Peter (sometimes spelled Pointe Petre) is completed, St. Mary's, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| August 3, 1836 |
Governor William Schley hires Abbott Hall Brisbane to study possible routes between the Chattahoochee River and Chattanooga for the Western and Atlantic Railroad. |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
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William Schley |
| August 3, 1910 |
Georgia ratifies the 16th Amendment to the Constitution
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| August 3, 1963 |
Dean Rusk signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow.
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Dean Rusk
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| August 3, 1964 |
Flannery O'Connor died, Baldwin County Hospital, Milledgeville, from complications resulting from lupus.
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Baldwin County, Georgia |
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Flannery O'Connor |
| August 3, 1997 |
Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro (1966-1983, 1987) is inducted into the Baseball Hame of Fame, Cooperstown, New York as a player, winning 80.34% of the vote (380 votes on 473 ballots). He is most noted for his knuckleball. |
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| August 3, 2007 |
Former U. S. Senator Sam Nunn met with a group of moderates in New York City to discuss the possibility of forming a third party with a moderate candidate. |
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