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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for November 2
Yesterday Tomorrow
| November 2, 1760 |
Henry Ellis leaves Georgia to become Royal Governor of Nova Scotia.
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| November 2, 1769 |
Governor Wright granted leave of absence to return to England
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James Wright |
| November 2, 1807 |
First session of the state legislature to be held in Milledgeville
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Baldwin County, Georgia |
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Milledgeville |
| November 2, 1824 |
William H. Crawford of Georgia loses the U. S. presidential election to John Adams
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
| November 2, 1864 |
The Lucy (Confederate blockade runner) is captured in the Gulf Stream by the Federal cruiser Santiago-de-Cuba. Sidney Lanier, signal officer for the Lucy is on board. He is taken to Point Lookout prison [US]. |
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Sidney Lanier |
| November 2, 1897 |
Richard B. Russell, Jr., who was governor, U. S. Senator and presidential candidate in 1952, is born in Winder, GA
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| November 2, 1901 |
Georgia Tech's senior class of 1901 graduates 5 months late as a result of the New Year's Day prank
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| November 2, 1920 |
Prisoner #9653 at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary got 919,799 votes in the U. S. Presidential election. His name was Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| November 2, 1930 |
Thunderbolt Casino and Amusement Park (Savannah) burns down. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| November 2, 1961 |
Temperature in Atlanta reaches 84 degrees, the warmest ever in November
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| November 2, 1976 |
Georgia approves a revision to the state constitution by a vote of 610,516 to 394,764. One change is that a governor may succeed himself.
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| November 2, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter becomes the first native born Georgian elected President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 2, 2002 |
President George W. Bush visits Georgia to campaign for Saxby Chambliss and Sonny Purdue, urging Republicans to get out the vote on Tuesday, Election Day.
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| November 2, 2004 |
Three-term Republican congressman Johnny Isakson of Marietta defeated Decatur Democrat Denise Majette from the U. S. House of Representatives to win the U. S. Senate seat vacated by Zell Miller. Also elected to the U. S. House were Jack Kingston (1st), Sanford Bishop (2nd), Jim Marshall (3rd), Cynthia McKinney (4th), John Lewis (5th), Tom Price (6th),John Linder (7th), Lynn Westmoreland (8th), Charlie Norwood (9th), Nathan Deal (10th), Phil Gingrey (11th), John Barrow (12th), and David Scott (13th). |
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Marietta, GA |
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Zell Miller |
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Cynthia McKinney |
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