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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 15;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 15, 1773 |
Wright returns to Georgia and resumes duties as royal governor
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James Wright |
| February 15, 1780 |
George Wells is killed in a duel by James Jackson, Augusta, Georgia
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James Jackson |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| February 15, 1796 |
The Yazoo Land Fraud comes to an end as James Jackson and other expunge the event from Georgia history by buring all records related to the incident on the steps of the capitol, then in Louisville, Georgia. They missed one copy, sent to George Washington.
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James Jackson |
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George Washington |
| February 15, 1933 |
Assassination attempt on Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Miami, Florida |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| February 15, 1947 |
Emory Burke and Homer Loomis are found guilty on various charges stemming from the activities of The Colombians, an Atlanta-based racist group
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The Colombians |
| February 15, 1950 |
Marietta Air Force Base is renamed Dobbins Air Force Base in honor of Capt. Charles Dobbins, a flyer from Marietta who was shot down in the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily in July, 1943
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Marietta, GA |
| February 15, 1971 |
A massive restructuring plan for Georgia's bureaucracy is signed into law by Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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