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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for May 2
Yesterday Tomorrow
| May 2, 1733 |
Second group of Georgia colonists arrive in America
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The James docks at Port Royal |
| May 2, 1774 |
Wanting to return to Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin turns over the job of Georgia's colonial agent to Grey Elliot. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| May 2, 1924 |
WDBE, owned by the Gilham-Schoen Electric Company, Gordon St., Atlanta, is licensed
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 2, 1947 |
JoAnn Pflug born, Atlanta, Georgia
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JoAnn Pflug |
| May 2, 1953 |
Marion Ennis and Pete Bivins are shot and killed. Marion Stembridge, a local storeowner who committed the murders then turns the gun on himself. This incident, which occurred in Milledgeville, became the setting for the book Paris Trout
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| May 2, 1981 |
21-year old Danny Hansford is shot and killed by Jim Williams, who claimed he was acting in self defense
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| May 2, 1982 |
The Weather Channel begins broadcasting from a building in Cobb County
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| May 2, 2003 |
Strong thunderstorms brought rain, high-speed winds and damaging hail to a wide portion of the state. Only the extreme northeast and southeast sections were spared.
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Yesterday Tomorrow
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