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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for March 5;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| March 5, 1754 |
Plan submitted by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations for a royal government of Georgia
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| March 5, 1792 |
General Anthony Wayne is made commander of the Legion of the United States. |
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'Mad' Anthony Wayne |
| March 5, 1817 |
Daniel Appling dies
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Daniel Appling |
| March 5, 1831 |
Supreme Court hears the case of The Cherokee Nation vs. The State of Georgia, the Cherokee's first attempt to ensure sovereign rule over their nation.
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| March 5, 1850 |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad chartered in Kentucky.
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| March 5, 1850 |
The Louisville & Nashville (L&N) is chartered
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| March 5, 1883 |
James Stoddard Boynton, president of the Georgia Senate, begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| March 5, 1884 |
Joseph Thomas Robert, instrumental early leader of the Augusta Institute, which moved to Atlanta where it was known as the Atlanta Baptist Seminary and eventually Morehouse College, dies in Atlanta |
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Joseph Thomas Robert |
| March 5, 1916 |
Earthquake strikes 30 miles southeast of Atlanta
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Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
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| March 5, 1916 |
Mount Berry Chapel, designed by Jarry Carlson of Boston and built by students, is dedicated. |
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Martha Berry |
| March 5, 1964 |
Milwaukee Braves owners complete negotiations to move the team to Atlanta, Georgia.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| March 5, 1997 |
Yasser Arafat travels to Plains, GA (Sumter County) to meet former President Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| March 5, 2008 |
Eve Carson of Athens, Georgia was killed during a "random act of violence." Carson, who attended Clark High School in Athens was serving as student body president for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while majoring in biology and political science. |
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