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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 11;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| June 11, 1559 |
Tristane de Luna (Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano) sets sail from Vera Cruz to La Florida with orders to establish a gulf port and an overland route to Santa Elana.
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Tristan de Luna |
| June 11, 1562 |
After establishing a settlement near Beaufort, South Carolina, Jean Ribault heads back to France
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Jean Ribault |
| June 11, 1741 |
Joseph Warren born, Roxbury, Massachusetts. |
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Joseph Warren |
| June 11, 1773 |
Royal governor James Wright issues a proclamation describing land recently ceded by the Creek Indians, encouraging farmers and artisans to settle with their families.
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
| June 11, 1787 |
Abraham Baldwin arrives at the Constitutional Convention
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Abraham Baldwin |
| June 11, 1818 |
President James Monroe learns that Andrew Jackson, while pursuing the Seminole Indians, has decided to take the Spanish colony of Florida.
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| June 11, 1863 |
Union troops on St. Simons Island loot and destroy Christ Church Frederica, the city of St. Simons and many of the plantations. |
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Civil War - 1863 |
| June 11, 1907 |
John Hollis Bankhead begins serving as U. S. Senator from Alabama. |
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John Hollis Bankhead |
| June 11, 1985 |
The Georgia Supreme Court overturns the lower court ruling, orders new trial for Jim Williams
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| June 11, 1999 |
Actor DeForest Kelley dies from stomach cancer, Woodland Hills, California |
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DeForest Kelley |
| June 11, 2002 |
Life College, Marietta, Georgia, the largest Chiropractic College in the nation, loses its accreditation.
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Marietta, GA |
| June 11, 2004 |
Ray Charles dies in Los Angeles, California |
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Ray Charles |
| June 11, 2005 |
Katie Couric is the first newsperson to interview Jennifer Wilbanks |
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Jennifer Wilbanks, The Runaway Bride |
| June 11, 2007 |
Genarlow Wilson conviction for having sex with a 15-year-old is overturned in a Superior Court. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
| June 11, 2007 |
A Monroe County Superior Court judge reduces Genarlow Wilson's conviction to a misdemeanor and orders him freed. Attorney General Thurbert Baker appeals the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
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