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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for September 5
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| September 5, 1755 |
British government disperses the Arcadians. They set sail south, along the eastern coast of the American colonies.
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| September 5, 1774 |
First Continental Congress convenes with representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies. Only Georgia is absent.
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| September 5, 1831 |
Trial begins in Gwinnett County before Augustin Smith Clayton for missionaries, including Samuel Worcester, who had violated a Georgia law prohibiting white from working in the Cherokee Nation. This case would go to the Supreme Court as Worcester vs. the State of Georgia
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Augustin Smith Clayton |
| September 5, 1856 |
Thomas Edward Watson born, McDuffie County, Georgia |
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Thomas Edward 'Tom' Watson |
| September 5, 1864 |
William Tecumseh Sherman arrives in Atlanta
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| September 5, 1898 |
Burton Smith and friends charter the Atlanta Athletic Club. Its first clubhouse was on Edgewood Avenue.
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| September 5, 1955 |
Waffle House Unit No. 1 (the first Waffle House) opens in Avondale Estates, Georgia. |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
| September 5, 2004 |
Hurricane Francis makes landfall at Sewall's Point, Florida, on the state's east coast. |
| September 5, 2008 |
Georgia School Superintendent Kathy Cox wins 1.0 million dollars on "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?," hosted by Georgian Jeff Foxworthy |
| September 5, 2009 |
17-year old Melanie Oudin of Marietta defeats seeded Maria Sharapova at the U. S. Open. Oudin will eventually lose in the quarter finals. |
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Marietta, GA |
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