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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for July 28;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| July 28, 1757 |
Georgia provides for militia training every Sabbath at the place of public worship.
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| July 28, 1794 |
Governor Mathews issues a proclamation indicating that Elijah Clarke had crossed the Oconee River into Indian Terrotory to create the Trans-Oconee Republic
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| July 28, 1827 |
Alexander Stpehens arrives in Washington, Georgia to attend Washington Academy. |
| July 28, 1864 |
Battle of Ezra Church
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| July 28, 1913 |
Leo Frank's trial begins
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| July 28, 1923 |
Dial telephone service begins in Atlanta
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| July 28, 1948 |
President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981, banning segregation in all branches of the armed forces
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The Road to Integration
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| July 28, 1978 |
Two black children found murdered in southwest Atlanta begin a killing spree known as the Atlanta Child Murders
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| July 28, 1979 |
Police find the remains of two bodies, Edward Hope Smith and a friend, 14-year old Alfred Evans
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 28, 1980 |
Carl Issacs plans to escape, along with four other inmates. He is moved to a new "Death Row," foiling his attempt, but 4 other men succeed. Three are recaptured 4 days later in North Carolina, the fourth dead at the hands of his fellow escapees
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Alday family murders
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| July 28, 1996 |
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win the beach volleyball gold medal at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County. Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh, also of the United States, won the silver
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Clayton County, Georgia |
| July 28, 1996 |
Richard Jewell is praised by authorities for his role in saving lives at Atlanta Centennial Park
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Yesterday Tomorrow
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