| July 10, 1770 |
James Habersham receives rhubarb seeds from John Ellis and distributes them to local growers including Samuel Bowen, who successfully grows the first rhubarb crop in America (generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin)
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Benjamin Franklin |
| July 10, 1771 |
Governor Wright begins an extended leave of absence
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James Wright |
| July 10, 1782 |
British evacuate Savannah after successful campaign by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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'Mad' Anthony Wayne |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| July 10, 1864 |
More than 200 women and female children may have been sexually assaulted near the site of the Roswell Cotton Mill. Although compelling evidence exists to support this theory, it is all circumstantial.
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| July 10, 1876 |
Mary McLeod Bethune is born on a farm near Mayesville, South Carolina
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Mary McLeod Bethune |
| July 10, 1929 |
Pitcairn Avaition, which manufactured planes and ran an Atlanta mail route, changes its name to Eastern Air Transport |
| July 10, 1957 |
Senator Russell meets with President Eisenhower about the pending Civil Rights legislation
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| July 10, 1962 |
Rev. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph David Abernathy are convicted of charges stemming from his 1961 attempt to desegregate government buildings in Albany, Georgia. He is sentenced to a 45-day jail term.
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Martin Luther King
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Ralph David Abernathy, Jr. |
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Albany, Georgia |
| July 10, 1980 |
David and Katie Hardin are murdered at a south Georgia rest stop on I-75 near Lenox
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A killer pays the price |
| July 10, 1985 |
Classic Coke returns, the pre-"New Coke" Coke, with a new name
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Coca-Cola |
| July 10, 2002 |
Dorsey convicted of the murder of Derwin Brown
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Derwin Brown murdered |
