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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 21;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 21, 1734 |
First Masonic meeting in Georgia held at Fort Morris in Sunbury.
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| February 21, 1787 |
The Continental Congress calls for a Constitutional Convention to begin on May 14 to revise the Articles of Confederation. |
| February 21, 1796 |
At the state capital in Louisville, Georgia's reform politicians burn every copy of the Yazoo Land Act except for one sent to General George Washington. It is the only known copy of the act to survive
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Georgia headright grants |
| February 21, 1809 |
Cherokee Chief James Vann is shot and killed at his Chattahoochee Plantation (near Vann's Ferry across the Chattahoochee River)
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| February 21, 1828 |
The Cherokee Phoenix, first Native American newspaper, rolls off the press in New Echota.
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| February 21, 1828 |
First issue of the Cherokee Phoenix rolls off the press
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| February 21, 1856 |
Kinchafoonee County, Georgia is renamed to Webster County. At the same time the name of the county seat was changed from McIntosh to Preston.
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Daniel Webster |
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Webster County, Georgia |
| February 21, 1861 |
After being cut off from the U. S. Postal Service the Confederate States of America organized their own post office with John H. Reagan as Postmaster General
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| February 21, 1861 |
Robert Toombs selected Secretary of State, Confederate States of America
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Robert Toombs |
| February 21, 1938 |
Anti-lynching legislation is defeated in the U. S. Senate. Georgia Senator Russell led the "Southern bloc" against the NAACP supported bill.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| February 21, 1940 |
John Lewis, civil rights leader and congressman from Georgia born near Troy, Alabama
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| February 21, 1954 |
Nelson Robert Duncan, who was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list is apprehended in Atlanta, Georgia by police who were investigating an open skylight in a local grocery store. Duncan was attempting to burglarize the store safe.
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| February 21, 1958 |
Gov. Marvin Griffin signs a bill creating the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, superceding the old Authority. |
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Stone Mountain |
| February 21, 1962 |
Diocese of Atlanta become an Archdiocese with the appointment of Most Rev. Paul J. Hallinan, D.D. as archbishop
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| February 21, 1986 |
9 1/2 Weeks, starring Kim Basinger, opens in the United States |
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Kim Basinger |
| February 21, 1997 |
The Otherside Lounge is the target of two bombs, the first injuring five people, the second harmlessly detonated outside the bar.
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Eric Rudolph and the Atlanta Area bombings |
| February 21, 1998 |
Julian Bond chosen NAACP chairman |
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Julian Bond |
| February 21, 2000 |
The Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery Center opens at Callaway Gardens |
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Callaway Gardens |
| February 21, 2005 |
ChoicePoint confirms that criminals gained access to records for about 145,000 people, allowing them to see information such as Social Security numbers, date of birth and driver's license numbers. It is one of the largest cases identity thefts ever reported.
Lt. Robert Costa of the Southern California High Tech Task Force reiterated that the unit believed the figure was closer to 500,000 and stated that ChoicePoint has hindered the investigation by failing to provide information requested in search warrants issued in November and December. |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
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