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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 11
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 11, 1770 |
The king agrees to hold elections for new land acquired by Georgia.
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| December 11, 1795 |
The Georgia Union Company is added to the Yazoo Act
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 11, 1811 |
John Howard, John W. Devereux and Hubert Reynolds are appointed commisioners to contract for the state penitentiary. The facility is to be built in Milledgeville. |
| December 11, 1811 |
John Calhoun, a war hawk, calls for the United States to go to war with Great Britain on the floor of the U. S. Senate. |
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John C. Calhoun |
| December 11, 1858 |
Johnson County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Johnson County, Georgia |
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Herschel V. Johnson |
| December 11, 1858 |
Banks County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Banks County, Georgia |
| December 11, 1858 |
Brooks County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Brooks County, Georgia |
| December 11, 1858 |
New Prospect Campground is incorporated as Alpharetta. |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| December 11, 1924 |
Asa Candler offers Candler Race Track for Atlanta to use as an airfield if they will pay the taxes. |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| December 11, 1939 |
Completion date of the movie Gone With The Wind.
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Gone With The Wind
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| December 11, 1944 |
Brenda Mae Tarpley (Brenda Lee) is born at Grady Hospital in Atlanta (grew up in Lithonia)
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Brenda Lee
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| December 11, 1949 |
"Fiddlin'" John Carson died, Atlanta, Georgia
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
| December 11, 1953 |
In a front page editorial appearing in the Atlanta Constitution, Ralph McGill predicts the Supreme Court will declare school segregation unconstitutional. In the editorial, McGill states that the Court had no option other than interpreting the 14th amendment the way it was written.
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The Road to Integration
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| December 11, 1991 |
Crash on Lavender Mountain
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Plane crash on Lavender Mountain kills 9 |
| December 11, 2003 |
Death penalty requested in the Eric Rudolph case by Attorney-General John Ashcroft
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Eric Rudolph and the Atlanta Area bombings |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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