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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 10
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| February 10, 1763 |
Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War and reduces Georgia's western boundary from the Pacific Ocean to the Mississippi River
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| February 10, 1787 |
Georgia Assembly appoints William Pierce, William Few, Abraham Baldwin, George Walton, William Houstoun and Nathaniel Pendleton as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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William Pierce |
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George Walton
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Abraham Baldwin |
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William Few |
| February 10, 1861 |
Alexander "Little Alec" Stephens named Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
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Alexander Stephens |
| February 10, 1888 |
Tom Woolfolk is found guilty of murder and sentenced to die
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Tom Woolfolk and the Woolfolk Family murders |
| February 10, 1892 |
First football game in the state is played at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, between the "state university" and Auburn
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Piedmont Park |
| February 10, 1893 |
Laurent DeGive opens the elaborate Grand Theater with a play titled Men and Women
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| February 10, 1921 |
Gardner, Georgia, a small town about 35 miles north of Dublin, is destroyed by a tornado
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| February 10, 1967 |
The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, defines presidential disability and succession, 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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Woodrow Wilson |
| February 10, 1973 |
More snow for Georgia as a storm dumps up to 18 inches in the northeast
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| February 10, 1997 |
Jeff Foxworthy and Marla Maples appear on Fox TV's Vicki Lawrence Show
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