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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for July 20
Yesterday Tomorrow
| July 20, 1732 |
Trustees meet for first time
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First meeting of Georgia's Trustees |
| July 20, 1736 |
Five Chicasaw warriors visit John Wesley in Savannah.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| July 20, 1740 |
Oglethorpe completes his withdrawal from St. Augustine
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James Oglethorpe |
| July 20, 1747 |
Mary Musgrove, with her husband Thomas Bosomworth and about 200 Creek Indian warriors, marches into Savannah and proclaims herself the Queen of the Creek. She demands payment for services rendered to the colony of Georgia.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| July 20, 1796 |
John Houstoun dies, near Savannah
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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John Houstoun, Patriot |
| July 20, 1833 |
John Pendleton King and James McLaws among others, organize a meeting to propose the construction of a railroad from Augusta to Athens
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Clarke County, Georgia |
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| July 20, 1864 |
Battle of Peachtree Creek |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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General George Thomas |
| July 20, 1879 |
A Morman, Joseph Standing, is murdered on his way to Rome
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| July 20, 1902 |
Fire sweeps Colquitt (Miller County)
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City of Colquitt |
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Fire Destroys Colquitt, Georgia |
| July 20, 1929 |
Rome's Capitoline sculpture is given to the city by Italian leader Benito Mussolini. |
| July 20, 1954 |
Lake Sinclair Dam is officially dedicated
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| July 20, 1959 |
Donald Eugene McGregor of Brunswick, 15, rescues a family of four from drowning when their sloop began breaking up off Cumberland Island. |
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Donald Eugene McGregor |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| July 20, 1962 |
Federal District Court Judge Robert J. Elliot tries to halt demonstrations in Albany with a temporary restraining order. 160 people who met at Shiloh Baptist Church for a demonstration are arrested. |
| July 20, 1976 |
Hank Aaron hits #755
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Hank Aaron
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| July 20, 1976 |
Two members of the American Legion become ill with an unknown disease during a convention in Philadelphia. The CDC in Atlanta will eventually call this illness Legionnaires Disease
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| July 20, 1976 |
Hank Aaron hit home run 755.
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Hank Aaron
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| July 20, 1983 |
Ultralight crash in Dahlonega
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Ultralight crash in Dahlonega |
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Dahlonega, Georgia |
| July 20, 1986 |
Hottest temperature ever recorded in Savannah - 105 degrees
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| July 20, 1996 |
Macon's WMAZ Radio (940 AM) becomes WMWR (940 AM)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| July 20, 2007 |
Georgia's Supreme Court hears two appeals, one from the state attorney general, Thurbert Baker, to overturn the Genarlow Wilson plea agreement validated by a Monroe County judge, the second an appeal by a Wilson attorney to release her client on bond. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
| July 20, 2010 |
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Yesterday Tomorrow
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