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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 12
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 12, 1740 |
Governor of Spanish Florida, Manuel de Montiano writes to Cuba requesting help in preventing a siege of St. Augustine |
| February 12, 1824 |
Daniel McNeil is appointed to re-measure the Georgia-Florida border because of continuing disputes
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| February 12, 1825 |
William McIntosh, the son of an American Revolution hero and a Creek woman, signs the Treaty of Indian Springs. In exchange for a plantation on the Chattahoochee River, McIntosh signs away almost all remaining Creek land in Georgia
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Creek Indians |
| February 12, 1838 |
Dahlonega mint officially opens for business
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Dahlonega, Georgia |
| February 12, 1876 |
James Augustine Healy is appointed Bishop of Portland, Maine, by Pope Pius the IX.
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James Augustine Healy |
| February 12, 1892 |
The cyclorama "Battle of Atlanta" is displayed at a building on Edgewood Avenue |
| February 12, 1936 |
John Wesley Dobbs calls for a "political reawakening" of Atlanta's black voters from the pulpit of Big Bethel A. M. E Church.
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The Road to Integration
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| February 12, 1972 |
Eat a Peach is released
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Duane Allman and the Allman Brothers Band |
| February 12, 1977 |
The Lover's Lane Murderer strikes again, at West Manor Park in Atlanta. The couple is seriously injured, but live to tell of an attack by a large black male
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| February 12, 1978 |
Ruth Schwob averted the Wynnton Stocking Strangler by triggering a bedside alarm. The strangler left, finding Mildred Borom, 78, less than two blocks away.
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Wynnton Stocking Strangler |
| February 12, 1981 |
The Atlanta Area Consortium recommends a 35 acre park east of downtown Atlanta as the site of the Carter Presidential Library, with a parkway for access. Opposition to the plan by the neighborhood around the park is immediate.
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Jimmy Carter |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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