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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 26;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| 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, 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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