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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for July 1
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| July 1, 1540 |
Hernando deSoto leaves Chiaha and heads west |
| July 1, 1798 |
John Anthony Quitman born, Rhinebeck, New York
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| July 1, 1819 |
James Fannin enters West Point
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James Walker Fannin |
| July 1, 1828 |
Jeff Davis breveted to 2nd Lieutenant, marking his graduation from West Point. It would take three years before he received his commission.
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Jefferson Davis |
| July 1, 1846 |
John Quitman commissioned Brigadier General.
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| July 1, 1862 |
Battle of Malvern Hill
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Civil War - 1862 |
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Philip Cook, CSA |
| July 1, 1863 |
Battle of Gettysburg, PA
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Civil War - 1863 |
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Lafayette McLaws |
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James Longstreet |
| July 1, 1879 |
Atlanta Cotton Factory opens. Gov. Alred H. Colquitt, Mayor William Calhoun, Western and Atlantic President Joseph E. Brown, and Benjamin Conley attend
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
| July 1, 1887 |
Doc Walker deeds his land to the Gentleman's Driving Club for $38,000. It will become Piedmont Park. |
| July 1, 1891 |
Following a number of intermediate moves the National Weather Service sets up office in the Prudential Building at the corner of Walton and Broad Streets
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National Weather Service
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| July 1, 1893 |
Walter Francis White born, Atlanta
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| July 1, 1894 |
Southern Railway Company was founded from Richmond and Danville Railroad and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad.
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| July 1, 1899 |
Thomas Andrew Dorsey born, Villa Rica, Georgia
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Thomas Dorsey |
| July 1, 1900 |
Combining the old Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad (renamed to the Georgia and Alabama Railroad in 1895) with other assets, 35 year-old John Skelton Williams creates Seaboard Air Line Railway.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| July 1, 1916 |
The new Knights of the Ku Klux Klan receives its official charter from the state of Georgia |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| July 1, 1941 |
Philip Randolph and Baynard Rustin had a March on Washington scheduled on this date to protest the discrimination in defense industries. The march is called off when Roosevelt issued an Executive Order on June 25, 1941, barring discrimination based on race or religion.
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The Road to Integration
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| July 1, 1946 |
The Centers for Disease Control, Communicable Disease Center is organized in Atlanta
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| July 1, 1967 |
Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line merge to form Seaboard Coast Line
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| July 1, 1971 |
First international flight arrives at Hartsfield, from Mexico. Atlanta's Board of Alders (now the city council) vote to rename the field William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport
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| July 1, 1976 |
The Agrirama opens in Tifton
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| July 1, 1977 |
Georgia's "Cave Law" (Cave Protection Acts, 1977) goes into effect, protecting caves throughout the state from pollution, looting and vandalism
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| July 1, 1990 |
MARTA's fare increases to $1.00
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| July 1, 1991 |
President George Bush nominates Clarence Thomas to the U. S. Supreme Court. Although Thomas is African-American, his nomination is opposed by groups such as the NAACP and the Black Congressional Caucus because of differing political views
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Clarence Thomas |
| July 1, 1994 |
HOPE Scholarship expands to cover four years of college. |
| July 1, 1995 |
MARTA's fare increases to $1.50
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
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