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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for March 6
Yesterday Tomorrow
| March 6, 1856 |
Towns County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Towns County, Georgia |
| March 6, 1907 |
Logan E. Bleckley dies, Clarkesville, Georgia. He is interred at Oakland Cemetery
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Logan E. Bleckley |
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Oakland Cemetery |
| March 6, 1933 |
Following the governors of New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge declares a 3-day bank holiday to prevent the exchange of currency for gold. |
| March 6, 1936 |
While in Augusta, Georgia, heavyweight champ Jim Braddock states that he is not afraid of the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| March 6, 1941 |
Gutzon Borglum dies
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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum |
| March 6, 1946 |
Judge Samuel Sibley rules against the Georgia Democratic Party in the U. S. Circuit Court. They had argued that the Democratic Party Primary was neither funded by or controlled by the state and was exempt from exempt from Constitutional rules regarding disenfranchisement |
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The Road to Integration
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| March 6, 1978 |
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is shot twice by Joseph Paul Franklin as he returned to the Gwinnett County Courthouse in downtown Lawrenceville. |
| March 6, 1990 |
Georgia Bulldogs mascot Uga V is born
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| March 6, 1992 |
Severe thunderstorms strike across the state of Georgia, with Marietta receiving 6 inches of hail
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| March 6, 2007 |
Eddie Nabors of Dalton, Ga. was one of two winners to share a $390 million Mega Millions jackpot - the largest in U.S. history. |
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Georgia Lottery |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
| March 6, 2009 |
Freedom Bank of Georgia in Commerce was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the FDIC was named as receiver. Deposits and some assets were transferred to the Northeast Georgia Bank in Lavonia. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| March 6, 2011 |
UGA centerfielder Johnathan Taylor suffers a serious spinal injury in a collision with leftfielder Zach Cone trying to catch a fly ball during a game with FSU. |
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