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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for September 7
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| September 7, 1739 |
Oglethorpe receives orders from King George II to "annoy" the Spanish |
| September 7, 1815 |
Howell Cobb born, Jefferson, Georgia
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Howell Cobb |
| September 7, 1881 |
Poet Sidney Clopton Lanier dies, from complications of tuberculosis, which he caught at Point Lookout, Maryland a Union prisoner-of-war camp. |
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Sidney Lanier |
| September 7, 1923 |
Mae Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA, born, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Louise Suggs |
| September 7, 1974 |
Stop and Smell the Roses enters Billboards Top 40 Pop Chart. It will reach #9 on this chart
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'Mac' Davis |
| September 7, 1974 |
Bill Elliot wins his first race, Dixie Speedway, Woodstock, Georgia
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Bill Elliott |
| September 7, 1997 |
F-22 Raptor fighter takes off for the first time from Dobbins Air Force Base. After a flight of just over an hour, Paul Metz returned the plane to Dobbins.
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| September 7, 1997 |
Yang-Yang, a male giant panda, is born |
| September 7, 2004 |
Sweeping north through Georgia, Hurricane Francis brings sustained winds of up to 35 mph and 12 inches of rain in some areas. Especially hard hit were the southern tier of counties. |
| September 7, 2006 |
After visiting with Little League World Champions from Columbus, Georgia, President George W. Bush visits Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler for a fund-raiser for Republican Max Burns and the Cobb Galleria in Marietta for a speech on the War Against Terror |
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Eighth Air Force |
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Columbus, Georgia |
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