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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for March 25
Yesterday Tomorrow
| March 25, 1584 |
Queen Elizbeth grants a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh to establish the first English colony in the New World. Rather than sailing due west from England and landing in Newfoundland, Raleigh opts to head south, then turn west at the Canary Islands, along the route first established by Columbus. Once in the New World, Raleigh followed the coast north (sailing past Georgia) to Roanoke Island.
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| March 25, 1740 |
George Whitefield "laid the foundation" for Bethesda Orphanage
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George Whitefield |
| March 25, 1800 |
Greene County, New York, named in honor of Nathanael Greene, is created
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Nathanael Greene |
| March 25, 1822 |
James Pierpont, who wrote Jingle Bells, born
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| March 25, 1863 |
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton presents the first Medals of Honor to six participants of the Great Locomotive Chase (known in the North as Andrew's Raid).
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| March 25, 1867 |
Gutzon Borglum (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum) born in Bear Lake, Idaho
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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum |
| March 25, 1925 |
Flannery O'Connor (sometimes mispelled as O'Conner) is born in Savannah, Georgia
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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Flannery O'Connor |
| March 25, 1934 |
Horton Smith wins the Augusta National. Bobby Jones finishes 13th, his best showing ever.
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Masters Tournament |
| March 25, 1937 |
While researching the movie George Cukor and his staff spoke with Atlanta historian/painter Wilbur Kurtz. He is hired as technical director.
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Gone With The Wind
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| March 25, 1965 |
Martin Luther King addresses a crowd of 25,000 in Montgomery, AL., many of whom had been beaten earlier in the month at the Edmund Pettis Bridge.
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Martin Luther King
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| March 25, 1969 |
Allman Brothers Band forms in Jacksonville, Florida
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Duane Allman and the Allman Brothers Band |
| March 25, 1970 |
"Mary Doe" applies for a "therapeutic abortion" (allowed under Georgia's laws), but is turned down.
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Roe v. Wade expanded in ruling on Doe v. Bolton |
| March 25, 2001 |
Julia Roberts wins an Academy Award for Erin Brockovich
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Julia Roberts |
| March 25, 2003 |
Larry Eugene Moon, convicted of murdering Ricky Callahan who entered a Catoosa County store to buy aspirin for his wife in 1984, is put to death by lethal injection.
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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