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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 5;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 5, 1801 |
Clarke County created
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Elijah Clarke |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1801 |
Tattnall County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Tattnall County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1811 |
Madison County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Madison County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1853 |
Catoosa County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1853 |
Pickens County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Andrew Pickens |
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Pickens County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1861 |
Major General William Hardee assumed command of the Central Confederate Army in Kentucky
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| December 5, 1877 |
Voters approve the new constitution and affirm the movement of the state capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta
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| December 5, 1889 |
Jefferson Davis, only President of the Confederate States of America, dies |
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Jefferson Davis |
| December 5, 1910 |
Confederate General Alfred Cumming died, Rome, Georgia
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Rome, Georgia |
| December 5, 1932 |
Richard Wayne ("Little Richard") Penniman is born in Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| December 5, 1933 |
The 21th Amendment to the Constitution, repeal of the 18th Amendment, becomes law. Georgia does not ratify.
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| December 5, 1945 |
Five Avenger-class torpedo bombers leave Ft. Lauderdale NAS on a training flight over the Atlantic and disappear five hours later. One credible theory to the disappearance of the planes is that they landed in the Okefenokee Swamp.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| December 5, 1955 |
Martin Luther King is elected president of the Montgomery (AL) Improvement Association, which will lead the boycott of local buses resulting from the arrest of Rosa Parks
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Martin Luther King
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| December 5, 1966 |
The U.S. Supreme Court hears the case involving the election of the Governor of Georgia. |
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
| December 5, 1966 |
U. S. Supreme Court reverses a lower court decision, ruling in Julian Bond's favor. Bond had been denied his seat in the Georgia House because he had encouraged draft dodging. |
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Julian Bond |
| December 5, 1982 |
Hershal Walker wins the Heisman Trophy
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| December 5, 2008 |
The First Georgia Community Bank, Jackson, GA becaame the third Georgia bank to close this year. The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance named the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as Receiver. United Bank of Zebulon, GA immediately assumed all depository accounts and other bank assets. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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