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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 9;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 9, 1822 |
DeKalb County created
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Baron DeKalb |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
| December 9, 1822 |
Pike County created
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Zebulon Pike |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Pike County, Georgia |
| December 9, 1822 |
Bibb County created
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William Wyatt Bibb |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Bibb County, Georgia |
| December 9, 1822 |
Crawford County created
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Crawford County, Georgia |
| December 9, 1848 |
Joel Chandler Harris born, Eatonton, Georgia
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Joel Chandler Harris |
| December 9, 1902 |
Immense early morning fire destroys several blocks of downtown Atlanta businesses in a blaze that can be seen 30 miles away
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 9, 1917 |
Civil Rights attorney Donald Hollowell born, Wichita, Kansas |
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Donald L. Hollowell |
| December 9, 1930 |
Service from Atlanta to New York inaugurated with a who's who list of names including New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Georgia Gov-elect Richard B. Russell, U.S. Senator Walter George (Georgia), and Ernie Pyle. Regular service began the following day.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| December 9, 1950 |
Georgia is defeated by Texas A&M in the President's Cup (bowl game)
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| December 9, 1953 |
The Womens Juror Bill is introduced on the floor of the state senate. It eventually passes, 30-8 |
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Women allowed on jury duty |
| December 9, 1973 |
Speaker of the house George L. Smith dies, Atlanta
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George Leon Smith II |
| December 9, 1973 |
George Leon Smith dies |
| December 9, 1982 |
Junior Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia Athens receives the Heisman Trophy at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City
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| December 9, 1985 |
3 judge panel finds that pretrial publicity about the Alday family murders made a fair trial virtually impossible in Seminole County
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Alday family murders
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Seminole County, Georgia |
| December 9, 1994 |
Historic marker marking the house of Emily Tubman in Augusta is dedicated |
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Emily Tubman |
| December 9, 2002 |
Tresury Secretary nominee John Snow announces he will resign his membership to Augusta National because they refuse to admit women.
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