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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for May 7;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| May 7, 1540 |
DeSoto sees Indians near the Savannah River with crosses who did many things the way they are done in Spain. They surmised they were near the site of the ill-fated Ayllon expedition
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Hernando deSoto |
| May 7, 1738 |
George Whitfield arrives in Savannah. He begins work on establishing the orphanage known as Bethesda
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| May 7, 1855 |
Walter Terry (W. T.) Colquitt dies on a trip from Columbus to Macon. He is 56.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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W. T. Colquitt |
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City of Colquitt |
| May 7, 1858 |
Billy Bowlegs (Bolek) surrenders, essentially ending the Third Seminole War
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| May 7, 1864 |
Union officers are transferred from Camp Sumter (Andersonville) to Camp Oglethorpe, on the Macon fairgrounds
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| May 7, 1865 |
Henry Wirz, commander of inmates at Andersonville (Camp Sumter), arrested
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| May 7, 1983 |
Plane crash at Fort Valley
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Plane crash at Fort Valley |
| May 7, 1984 |
Savannah is abuzz as a new witness comes forward claiming that Danny Hansford intend to "harm" Jim Williams
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| May 7, 1989 |
Former president Jimmy Carter calls recent Panamanian elections "fraudulent" after first-hand observation.
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 7, 2000 |
Mary Ann Stephens of Toccoa is shot to death outside a Ramada Inn in Jacksonville while on vacation with her husband. The incident received national attention and resulted in an award-winning documentary on the arrest and acquittal of the original suspect.
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| May 7, 2002 |
Two dead in Smyrna construction accident
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Two workers die in Smyrna construction accident |
| May 7, 2003 |
Internet Service Provider Earthlink wins a $16 million suit in Atlanta District Court against The Buffalo Spammer, a 36 year-old hack who lives with his mother in a run-down neighborhood in New York.
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| May 7, 2004 |
Sonny Perdue orders a state of emergency in Georgia related to the G-8 Summit to be held on Sea Island. The order covered 6 Georgia counties, Chatham, Bryan, Libery, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden. |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
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McIntosh County, Georgia |
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Liberty County, Georgia |
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Bryan County, Georgia |
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Chatham County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Sonny Perdue |
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