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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for March 1
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| March 1, 1776 |
Major General Charles Lee is appointed head of the Southern Department
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Southern Department of the Continental Army |
| March 1, 1805 |
City fathers begin to name the streets of Milledgeville
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Milledgeville |
| March 1, 1818 |
Jared Irwin dies, Union Hill, Georgia
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| March 1, 1831 |
Georgia enacts a law requiring all white males who reside in the Cherokee Nation to swear an oath of allegiance
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| March 1, 1905 |
Free mail delivery begins in Gainesville
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| March 1, 1920 |
John Hollis Bankhead dies, Washington D. C. |
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John Hollis Bankhead |
| March 1, 1928 |
Tempest Storm (Annie Blanche Banks) born in Eastman, GA.
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Tempest Storm |
| March 1, 1941 |
Delta moves its operations to Atlanta to better serve its two routes, Atlanta to Cincinnati and Atlanta to Savannah
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Delta Air Lines
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| March 1, 1950 |
Herman Talmadge, Walter George, Richard B. Russell and William Hartsfield break ground on the Corps of Engineers project, Lake Lanier
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Lake Lanier |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| March 1, 1957 |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars airs The Life You Save, starring Gene Kelly, Agnes Moorehead and Janice Rule. It is written by Flannery O' Connor
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Flannery O'Connor |
| March 1, 1979 |
MARTA's fare increases to $.25
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| March 1, 1992 |
Work on the Georgia Dome is completed, making it the largest cable supported fabric roof in the world
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The Georgia Dome |
| March 1, 2005 |
U. S. Supreme Court rules that execution is cruel and unusual punishment for people under the age of 18. |
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Supreme Court ruling takes 2 in Georgia off death row |
| March 1, 2007 |
Sumter County Regional Hospital in Americus is struck by a tornado, killing 2. |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| March 1, 2007 |
Police arrest the Barbie Bandits and a third man, Michael Darrell Chastang, who is identified as one of the bandit's boyfriends |
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Barbie Bandits |
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