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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for August 5;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| August 5, 1774 |
Governor Wright, having learned of the meeting at Tondee's Tavern, issues an order to prevent a second meeting already scheduled. The order is ignored by the radicals
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James Wright |
| August 5, 1864 |
Battle of Utoy Creek |
| August 7, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 5, 1889 |
Writer Conrad Aiken, born in Savannah, GA
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
| August 5, 1893 |
James Pierpont dies, Winter Haven, FL (buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah
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| August 5, 1900 |
James Augustine Healy dies in Portland, Maine.
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James Augustine Healy |
| August 5, 1989 |
Mel Blount inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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| August 5, 2002 |
Ben Bernanke is named to fill the unexpired term of a Fed governor |
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Ben Bernanke |
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