| March 4, 1766 |
House of Commons votes to repeal the Stamp Act. |
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Stamp Act |
| March 4, 1777 |
Georgia's Council of Safety gives President Button Gwinnett the authority to organize the militia and proceed with an attack on Florida. This is known as the Second Florida Expedition.
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
| March 4, 1777 |
Button Gwinnett elected President of the Council of Safety
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Button Gwinnett |
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| March 4, 1779 |
English Lt. Colonel James Mark Prevost appointed acting governor of Georgia, to serve until the arrival of James Wright
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James Wright |
| March 4, 1789 |
James Gunn and William Few begin service as Georgia's first U. S. Senators. Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson and George Mathews begin service in the U. S. House of Representatives.
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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William Few |
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James Jackson |
| March 4, 1794 |
Congress proposes the 11th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution |
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Chisholm v. Georgia |
| March 4, 1807 |
Abraham Baldwin dies, Washington, D.C.
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Abraham Baldwin |
| March 4, 1817 |
Joel Abbott begins term in U. S. House of Representatives
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| March 4, 1817 |
William Rabun begins term as governor of Georgia
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William Rabun |
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| March 4, 1853 |
Robert Toombs begins his term as Senator of Georgia
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Robert Toombs |
| March 4, 1862 |
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne promoted to Brigadier General |
| March 4, 1863 |
Robert Toombs resigns his commission in the Confederate Army
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Robert Toombs |
| March 4, 1883 |
Alexander Hamilton Stephens, governor of Georgia, dies in office
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Alexander Stephens |
| March 4, 1883 |
Gov. Alexander Stephens dies.
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Alexander Stephens |
| March 4, 1895 |
Augustus Bacon begins serving in the United States Senate
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Augustus Bacon |
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Bacon County, Georgia |
| March 4, 1913 |
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated President of the United States |
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Woodrow Wilson |
| March 4, 1921 |
End of Woodrow Wilson's term as President of the United States |
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Woodrow Wilson |
| March 4, 1930 |
Blaze levels hanger at Atlanta Airport, destroying twenty aircraft
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| March 4, 1938 |
George Foster Peabody dies at his home in Warm Springs, GA |
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George Foster Peabody |
| March 4, 1944 |
Lt. Chuck Yeager shoots down his first German fighter while serving in the Eighth (Army) Air Force |
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Eighth Air Force |
| March 4, 1980 |
12-year old Angel Lenair doesn't come home as expected. Her body is discovered on March 10. She may have been assaulted.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 4, 1982 |
Alonzo Mann, a teenage helper in the National Pencil Factory, admits that he saw Jim Conley carrying the body of Mary Phagan by himself, implicating Conley's testimony
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| March 4, 2005 |
ChoicePoint announces that federal authorities are investigating the company because of recent data thefts. Additionally, the Security and Exchange Commission is looking into the sale of stock by top company employees. |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
