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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 26
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| June 26, 1586 |
Sir Francis Drake, having sailed up the Southeastern coast, arrives at Roanoke Island.
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| June 26, 1767 |
First Townshend Act
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| June 26, 1794 |
Peace Treaty with the Cherokee signed at Tellico Blockhouse, Cherokee Nation (now Tennessee)
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1794 Treaty with Cherokee |
| June 26, 1806 |
Georgia's first land lottery (1805) proved so successful that a second land lottery was enacted to be held in 1807
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| June 26, 1826 |
Georgia appoints a surveyor to establish the western boundary of the state.
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Georgia State Line |
| June 26, 1918 |
Georgia ratifies the 18th Amendment (bans liquor)
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| June 26, 1935 |
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is created. The bill, which included an initial appropriation of $100,000 was sponsored by Representative Malcolm C. Tarver and Senator Richard B. Russell
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| June 26, 1935 |
Kennesaw National Battlefield Site is redesignated as Kennesaw National Battlefield. |
| June 26, 1948 |
Berlin Air Lift begins
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General Lucius D. Clay |
| June 26, 1961 |
Dum Dum peaks at #4
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Brenda Lee
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| June 26, 2003 |
In Georgia v. Ashcroft the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the goal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was to create a society where "race no longer mattered," and that the Democratic Georgia redistricting plan of 2000 violated that tenet.
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| June 26, 2009 |
Community Bank of West Georgia, Villa Rica, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC was appointed receiver. They will mail checks to depositors for their insured funds. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| June 26, 2009 |
Neighborhood Community Bank of Newnan was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with CharterBank, West Point, Georgia, to assume all of the deposits of Neighborhood Community Bank. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
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