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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for January 11;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| January 11, 1740 |
Oglethorpe and his raiding party returns to Fort Frederica. He had entered the St. John's River and burned Fort Picolata. Then his men quickly captured Fort St. Francis de Pupa (variously spelled as St. Francis de Papa and San Francisco de Pupo), just over 20 miles from St. Augustine. He stations the Highland Rangers at Fort St. Francis de Pupa, under the command of Hugh MacKaye, Jr., and leaves an armed sloop. |
| January 11, 1783 |
Legislature asks Governor to convene a meeting to demand a cession from the Cherokee
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| January 11, 1803 |
Treaty of Fort Wilkinson ratified
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Treaty of Fort Wilkinson |
| January 11, 1820 |
Great Savannah Fire - helped by a high wind, fire destroyed most of the downtown area. When the fire reached Ellis Square it touched off gunpowder, spreading the fire throughout the city.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| January 11, 1850 |
Howell Cobb elected Speaker of the House over Robert C. Winthrop of Massachusetts by a vote of 102 to 99 on the 63rd ballot |
| January 11, 1861 |
Alabama secedes from the Union |
| January 11, 1906 |
Fire destroys much of Piedmont Park, including part of the Piedmont Driving Club
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Piedmont Park |
| January 11, 1957 |
Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, Bayrd Rustin and others meet to form the group that will become the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King becomes its president and Abernathy becomes treasurer
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Martin Luther King
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Ralph David Abernathy, Jr. |
| January 11, 1961 |
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes attend their first classes at UGA. Following a nighttime basketball game, a rowdy group surrounds Hunter's dorm and is broken up by Athens police. Hunter and Holmes are suspended "for their own protection."
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 11, 1961 |
Racists riot in front of Myers Hall, where Charlayne Hunter had been living, prompting University of Georgia officials to suspend Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, another black student, for their "own safety."
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
| January 11, 1982 |
Snow Jam! This large, unpredicted snowfall paralyzed Atlanta and surrounding areas. The storm track took the heaviest amount of snow over Atlanta and hit in the afternoon, stranding thousands of commuters. |
| January 12, 1982 |
| January 11, 1986 |
Living In America, the theme from Rocky IV, reaches number 3 on the pop charts, making it singer James Brown's best performance on the charts since 1965
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James Brown |
| January 11, 2003 |
The Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl dreams are smashed by the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-6. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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Falcons postseason, 2003 |
| January 11, 2007 |
Ralph the whale shark dies unexpectedly at the Georgia Aquarium |
| January 11, 2007 |
14 board members from the Carter Center resign, telling former President Carter We can no longer endorse your strident and uncompromising position. This is not the Carter Center or the Jimmy Carter we came to respect and support. |
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Jimmy Carter |
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