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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for March 23
Yesterday Tomorrow
| March 23, 1734 |
James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Toonahowie, and others leave Savannah on a journey to England
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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| March 23, 1736 |
Battery of cannon are mounted at Fort Frederica
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Fort Frederica |
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James Oglethorpe |
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Fort Frederica |
| March 23, 1825 |
General Edward Lloyd Thomas born, Clarke County (near Athens)
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| March 23, 1874 |
"Fiddlin'" John Carson born on a farm north of Smyrna (Cobb County), Georgia. Sometimes given as March 23, 1868 in Blue Ridge (Fannin County) Georgia. Carson probably created this erroneous birthdate and birthplace himself to appear older and appeal to the displaced Appalachian farmers who made up his core audience
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Fannin County, Georgia |
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
| March 23, 1938 |
Maynard Jackson born, Dallas, Texas
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| March 23, 1992 |
Martha McChesney Berry, Lucy Craft Laney, Juliette Gordon Low, Sara Branham (Matthews) and Flannery O'Connor are the first inductees into the Georgia Women of Achievement
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Martha Berry |
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Flannery O'Connor |
| March 23, 1998 |
Kim Basinger wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in L. A. Confidential |
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Kim Basinger |
| March 23, 2003 |
Ronald D. Young, Jr. of Lithia Springs is shot down during heavy fighting in central Iraq
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Ronald D. Young, Jr. |
| March 23, 2005 |
A Florida state court of appeals refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube as requested by her parents, the Schindlers'. They petition for the entire panel of Eleventh Circuit judges (Atlanta) to rehear their case to reinsert a feeding tube into Terri Schiavo. The Court refuses to hear the case, letting the lower court ruling stand. Following the decision, The Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the appeal, affirming the decision of the lower court. |
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Terri Schiavo |
| March 23, 2005 |
The Alpharetta City Council votes 6-1 to begin proceedings to strip Councilman R. J. Kurey from his post. A report from an independent investigator indicated that Kurey had harrassed and intimidated city employees and posed a legal liability to the city of Alpharetta (Fulton County). |
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Alpharetta City Council |
| March 23, 2005 |
Under orders from Fulton County probate court, Whitney Houston is taken to Crossroads,a drug rehabilitation clinic in Antigua, West Indies that was founded by Eric Clapton. She stays four weeks. |
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Whitney Houston
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