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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 6;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 6, 1752 |
Patrick Graham begins his term of service as president of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| December 6, 1768 |
Wrightsboro residents petition Gov. James Wright for additional land
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James Wright |
| December 6, 1772 |
James Wright made a baronet for his accomplishments as Royal Governor of Georgia
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James Wright |
| December 6, 1774 |
St. John's Parish elects Lyman Hall as its representative to the First Continental Congress. He does not attend because he had not been elected by the provincial congress.
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Lyman Hall |
| December 6, 1774 |
St. John's Parish votes to join the Continental Association
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| December 6, 1822 |
City of Covington, Georgia established (renamed from Newtonton). |
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Leonard Covington |
| December 6, 1850 |
The Georgia Platform, which outlined a program of solutions to avoid Southern secession, is passed
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| December 6, 1865 |
Georgia ratifies the 13th 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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| December 6, 1886 |
Rome, Georgia is covered with more than 2 feet of snow
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Rome, Georgia |
| December 6, 1915 |
Ku Klux Klan parade down Peachtree Street following the premiere of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation at the Atlanta Theater
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| December 6, 2006 |
In a letter to Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Stein, former Executive Director of the Carter Center resigns over comments Carter included in his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. |
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