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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for January 22;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| January 22, 1746 |
Among the passengers arriving at Fort Frederica on the Judith is future governor John Truetlen |
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John Treutlen |
| January 22, 1776 |
Archibald Bulloch elected President of the Council of Safety
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Archibald Bulloch |
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| January 22, 1796 |
Report of the Yazoo Land Fraud presented to the Reform Legislature
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| January 22, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson leaves Nashville, Tennessee, headed for Fort Scott, Georgia to take command of the Georgia troops during the First Seminole War.
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| January 22, 1818 |
Treaty with Creek at Creek Agency on the Flint River
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Atkinson County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| January 22, 1837 |
Genral Thomas Jesup, leading a combined force of Georgia irregular Cavalry and Alabama volunteers leave Fort Armstrong during the Second Seminole War
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| January 22, 1852 |
City of Marietta incorporated
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Marietta, GA |
| January 22, 1936 |
Margaret Mitchell completes the final revision of Gone With The Wind
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Gone With The Wind
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Margaret Mitchell |
| January 22, 1973 |
Using the Roe v. Wade ruling made earlier in the day, the Supreme Court decides to dramatically widen its pro-choice ruling by striking down Georgia's more liberal abortion laws. Although it is Roe v. Wade that is normally cited, it was Doe v. Bolton that is the landmark ruling on laws prohibiting abortions.
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Roe v. Wade expanded in ruling on Doe v. Bolton |
| January 22, 1981 |
Terry Pue, 15, strangled
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 22, 1998 |
Jordan denies that he told Monica Lewinsky to lie about her affair with President Clinton. Jordan claims that Lewinsky told him she had not had an affair with Clinton
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Vernon Jordan |
| January 22, 2000 |
An ice storm wrecks havoc from Douglasville to Rome, east to Atlanta and further east into the Georgia mountains north of Athens. |
| January 22, 2001 |
Randy Thompson, a Forsyth County firefighter, dies after exhibiting "flu-like" symptoms for several days. His live-in companion is Lynn Turner. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| January 22, 2007 |
The Florida Attorney-General's office decides not to press charges for possession of marijuana against Falcons QB Michael Vick. |
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Michael Vick |
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