| |
|
|
Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 22
Yesterday Tomorrow
| June 22, 1564 |
Three French ships arrive under the command of Rene de Laudonuie`re reach the coast of Florida and head north.
|
| June 22, 1730 |
Cherokee have an audience with the king of England
|
| June 22, 1775 |
Daniel Morgan elected captain of his Virginia militia (Winchester). They are ordered to report to Boston.
|
| |
Daniel Morgan |
| June 22, 1775 |
Council of Safety established to make decisions when the provincial congress is not seated. Its leader (William Ewen) serves as Georgia's executive. Other members are: Seth John Cuthbert, Joseph Habersham, Edward Telfair, William LeConte, Basil Cowper, Joseph Clay, George Walton, John Glenn, Samuel Elbert, William Young, Elisha Butler, George Houston, John Smith, Francis H. Harris and John Morel
|
| |
George Walton
|
| |
Samuel Elbert |
| June 22, 1835 |
Henry Van Ness Boynton born, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
|
| June 22, 1839 |
Treaty Party leader John Ridge dies, Oklahoma
|
| June 22, 1839 |
Publisher of the Cherokee Phoenix Elias Boudinot dies, Oklahoma
|
| June 22, 1839 |
Cherokee leader Major Ridge dies, Park Hill
|
| June 22, 1864 |
Battle of Kolb's Farm
|
| |
William Tecumseh Sherman |
| June 22, 1970 |
In a ballroom of the American Hotel in Atlanta, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers, both of which had Georgia roots, were combined into a single organization
|
| June 22, 1979 |
The Home Depot opens its first stores, on Memorial Drive and Buford Highway in Atlanta |
| June 22, 1980 |
Latonya Wilson is taken from her home. She is the second girl missing.
|
| |
Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 22, 2001 |
Cobb County police link the deaths of Randy Thomson and Glenn Turner. They begin a homicide investigation. |
| |
Cobb County, Georgia |
| |
Lynn Turner |
Yesterday Tomorrow
|
|
|
