| October 29, 1765 |
Four parishes added:St. Thomas and St. Mary (Camden County);St. David and St. Patrick (Glynn County)
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Glynn County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| October 29, 1829 |
Michigan's Berrien County is created to honor Georgian John McPherson Berrien
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John MacPherson Berrien (John Berrien) |
| October 29, 1861 |
Combined land-sea fleet leaves Hampton Roads, Virginia
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| October 29, 1863 |
Returning from the western states of the Confederacy, President Davis arrives in Atlanta
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Jefferson Davis |
| October 29, 1889 |
Georgia legislature approves the sale of the remaining land in the Okefenokee Swamp |
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| October 29, 1890 |
Tom Woolfolk is hung in Perry, GA
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Tom Woolfolk and the Woolfolk Family murders |
| October 29, 1898 |
Allen Daniel Candler begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1901-2000
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| October 29, 1945 |
C. E. Woolman named president of Delta Air Lines
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Delta Air Lines
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Delta Air Lines
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| October 29, 1971 |
Duane Allman dies in Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Duane Allman and the Allman Brothers Band |
| October 29, 1975 |
Linda Ronstadt opens the Fox Theater in Atlanta, ten months after the theater had been closed "for good." Atlanta Landmarks borrowed $1.8 million to buy the building and initiated the Save the Fox campaign.
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| October 29, 2000 |
Premiere of The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and Bruce McGill. Some filming took place in Savannah and Jekyll Island.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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