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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for May 16
Yesterday Tomorrow
| May 16, 1752 |
Puritans arrive in Georgia from South Carolina |
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Liberty County, Georgia |
| May 16, 1777 |
Button Gwinnett, with his second George Wells and Lachlan McIntosh, with his second Col. Joseph Habersham square off in a duel just east of Savannah, Georgia. At 12 paces (about 60 feet), the General and Gwinnett fire pistols. McIntosh sustains an wound in his leg while Gwinnett is shot in the hip. Unaware of the severity of Gwinnett's wound, McIntosh asks if Gwinnett wants to duel again.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 16, 1831 |
Governor Gilmer advises Samuel Worcester that the Georgia law requiring white men to take an oath of allegiance to state applies to everybody. In the same letter Gilmer advises Worcester that he has been relieved from his job as postmaster.
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| May 16, 1832 |
H. I. (Hannibal Ingalls) Kimball born, Hamlin Gore, Maine |
| May 16, 1871 |
South End Grounds, first home of today's Atlanta Braves, opens in Boston
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| May 16, 1901 |
The General goes on display at the Union Depot in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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| May 16, 1901 |
The Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad is acquired by the Central of Georgia Railroad
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Rome, Georgia |
| May 16, 1902 |
The North Georgia Electric Company is formed to build a dam and power plant on the Chattahoochee River near Gainesville, Georgia (now under Lake Lanier).
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| May 16, 1936 |
World record in high hurdle set by Georgia track star Forrest Towns
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| May 16, 1938 |
Terminal Hotel on the corner of Spring and Mitchell Street in Atlanta burns, killing 35.
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| May 16, 1960 |
Peyton Hawes, of Elberton, calls Senator Russell with the idea of adding two dams on the Savannah River. Although the idea is tabled, one of the lakes formed by these dams will be named for the senator.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| May 16, 1966 |
11 people were injured in a tornado that touched down in Muscogee County Georgia, causing almost 3 million dollars of damage.
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Muscogee County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| May 16, 1970 |
"Man o' War," Central of Georgia rail service between Columbus and Atlanta ends.
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Columbus, Georgia |
| May 16, 1997 |
Margaret Mitchell house, where the author lived as she penned Gone With The Wind, is dedicated and opens to the public. |
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Margaret Mitchell |
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