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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 4
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| February 4, 1783 |
Formal cessation of hostilities with the United States by Great Britain, ending the American Revolution
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| February 4, 1861 |
Georgia joins Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina, becoming a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America. Georgian Howell Cobb is named president of the assembly.
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Civil War - 1861 |
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Robert Toombs |
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Howell Cobb |
| February 4, 1901 |
Jefferson Franklin Long dies, Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| February 4, 1953 |
Georgia's house passes the Women Juror bill and sends it on to the senate |
| February 4, 1956 |
James Brown and the Famous Flames record Please, Please, Please in Cincinnati, Ohio
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James Brown |
| February 4, 1982 |
Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slayton rests in the case against Wayne Williams. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| February 4, 2004 |
After 2 days of trying to seat an impartial jury in the Lynn Turner case, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Jim Bodiford orders a change of venue. |
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Houston County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| February 4, 2005 |
Ossie Davis is found dead in his Miami hotel. He died while on location filming 'Retirement'. |
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Ossie Davis |
| February 4, 2011 |
American Trust Bank, Roswell, GA fails. Assets are purchased by Renasant Bank |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| February 4, 2011 |
North Georgia Bank, Watkinsville, GA fails. Assets are purchased by BankSouth. |
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