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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 9;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 9, 1733 |
Colonists complete the first structure in the city of Savannah, Georgia
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Savannah's first building |
| February 9, 1752 |
George Handley born, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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| February 9, 1782 |
Lachlan McIntosh, captured Continental general exchanged for a British prisoner
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| February 9, 1816 |
Cherokee delegation arrives at Washington D. C. to meet President Madison and negotiate a land dispute. They are greeted by an Executive Mansion in ruins (it was not called the White House at this time) and a city destroyed by the British.
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| February 9, 1844 |
In his first speech to Congress, Alexander Stephens argues that his election had been unconstitutional. |
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Alexander Stephens |
| February 9, 1854 |
Coffee County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Coffee County, Georgia |
| February 9, 1861 |
Jefferson Davis elected provisional president of the Confederate States
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Jefferson Davis |
| February 9, 1868 |
Lucien Lamar Knight born, Atlanta, Georgia
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| February 9, 1883 |
William Earle Dodge dies, New York City, New York
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William Earle Dodge
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| February 9, 1909 |
Dean Rusk born, Cherokee County, Georgia
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Dean Rusk
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| February 9, 1926 |
Atlanta forbids the teaching of evolution in public schools
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| February 9, 1934 |
U. S. Army, at the order of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, takes over all delivery of air mail in the country pending the rebid of all mail contracts. Previous contracts awarded fraudulently according to then Senator Hugo Black.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| February 9, 1955 |
Peach State Jamboree went on the air in Swainsboro
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| February 9, 1963 |
Country music star Travis Tritt born, Marietta
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Marietta, GA |
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Travis Tritt |
| February 9, 1965 |
Dr. Martin Luther King meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Martin Luther King
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| February 9, 1987 |
Bill Elliott sets a track record at Daytona, qualifying at 210.364 miles per hour
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Bill Elliott |
| February 9, 2003 |
The NBA All-Star Game is held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
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Yesterday Tomorrow
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