| January 7, 1755 |
Georgia officially transitions from Trustee control to a royal colony
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| January 7, 1755 |
Georgia General Assembly meets for the first time. |
| January 7, 1776 |
Lachlan McIntosh appointed Colonel of Georgia troops
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| January 7, 1789 |
George Walton begins term as governor
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George Walton
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| January 7, 1795 |
Governor George Mathews signs into law a bill that agrees to sell almost 40 million acres to speculators at the starting the Yazoo Land Fraud. This corrupt deal led to the downfall of many popular politicians of the day.
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Georgia headright grants |
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James Gunn |
| January 7, 1839 |
Wesleyan College begins classes
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| January 7, 1861 |
Robert Toombs delivers a farewell to the U. S. Senate, almost two weeks before Georgia votes to secede.
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Robert Toombs |
| January 7, 1961 |
After meeting with attorney Griffin Bell and others, segregationist governor Earnest Vandiver moves to stay Bootle's order to desegregate the University of Georgia
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
| January 7, 1997 |
Newt Gingrich is elected Speaker of the House for a second time
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Newt Gingrich
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| January 7, 2008 |
Gary Hilton shows police where they can locate the body of Meredith Emerson in Dawson Forest |
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Meredith Emerson |
