| January 17, 1774 |
Georgia House appoints a "committee of correspondence" to handle communication with the other colonies on matters of interest.
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| January 17, 1775 |
Lower House called to order in Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| January 17, 1781 |
Battle of Cowpens (South Carolina)
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Andrew Pickens |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| January 17, 1916 |
Marietta Country Club incorporated. Their 9-hole course would expand to 18 holes in 1966.
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Marietta, GA |
| January 17, 1927 |
Juliet Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, dies from cancer in Savannah. She is interred at Laurel Grove cemetery
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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Juliette Gordon Low and the Girl Scouts |
| January 17, 1948 |
Lee Hugh Phillips enlists in the Marine Corps Reserve
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| January 17, 1963 |
Supreme Court hears arguments in Sanders v. Gray, which covers the county-unit system of voting violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment |
| January 17, 1971 |
Furman v. Georgia argued before the Supreme Court |
| January 17, 1987 |
A small group of Atlantans march to protest lack of blacks in Cumming, Georgia (Forsyth County). Led by Rev. Hosea William the march is disrupted by militant white racists, many from outside the county.
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| January 17, 1991 |
Eastern Air Lines shuts down
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| January 17, 1999 |
Atlanta Falcons defeat the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game, 30-27. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 17, 2003 |
Singer Bobby Brown turns himself in after violating the conditions of bond stemming from a 1999 drunk driving charge. Brown was sentenced to 8 days in jail, 240 hours of community service and a fine of 2,600 dollars.
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| January 17, 2007 |
A TSA agent retrieves a water bottle thrown out by Atlanta Falcons QB Micheal Vick and sends it to be tested. Vick waffled over whether to put it in his checked luggage or throw it away. |
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Michael Vick |
| January 17, 2008 |
Two off-duty Dekalb County police officers, Ricky Bryant Jr. and Eric Barker, 33, are murdered parking lot at the Glenwood Gardens apartment complex |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
