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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 30;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| June 30, 1665 |
Carolina is chartered again to settle legal issues arising from the 1629 Carolina charter. This charter extends English control to south of St. Augustine, then capital of Spanish Florida
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| June 30, 1778 |
Decisive battle of the 3rd Florida Expedition fought at Alligator Creek. After breaching the outer perimeter, American forces under command of Col. Elijah Clark were routed by British Regulars and Florida Rangers.
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| June 30, 1780 |
Battle of Fort Anderson
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| June 30, 1785 |
James Oglethorpe dies, Cranham Hall, County Essex, England
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James Oglethorpe |
| June 30, 1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed by Andrew Jackson
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Indian Removal Act |
| June 30, 1835 |
Jefferson Davis resigns his commission (1st Lieutenant) in the United States Army after his marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor
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Jefferson Davis |
| June 30, 1912 |
Bleckley County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Bleckly County, Georgia |
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Logan E. Bleckley |
| June 30, 1936 |
Gone With The Wind hits the bookstores
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Gone With The Wind
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Margaret Mitchell |
| June 30, 1965 |
National Football League awards a franchise to Atlanta. Owner Rankin Smith, Jr. pays 8.5 million dollars for a team that will eventually be known as the Atlanta Falcons.
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Atlanta Falcons |
| June 30, 1974 |
Alberta Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King, is shot and killed as she played "The Lord's Prayer" at Ebenezer Baptist Church
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Martin Luther King
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| June 30, 1979 |
Inaugural service on Marta's East Line, running from Georgia State Station to Avondale
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| June 30, 1981 |
President Ronald Reagan visits Atlanta, Georgia
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| June 30, 1994 |
Hurricane hunters return with information from the tropical depression off the coast of Cuba. NOAA declares it the first named storm of the 1994 hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| June 30, 2008 |
A 1200-megawatt coal-fired plant in Early County is blocked by Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore of the Fulton County Superior Court. |
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Early County, Georgia |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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