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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1889
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| February 11, 1889 |
On appeal, Tom Woolfolk's conviction is overturned.
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Tom Woolfolk and the Woolfolk Family murders |
| March 28, 1889 |
George Gress purchases a circus to rescue the starving animals. These animals are the start of the Grant Park Zoo (now ZooAtlanta). |
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ZooAtlanta |
| June 3, 1889 |
Tom Woolfolk is again tried for murder
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Tom Woolfolk and the Woolfolk Family murders |
| June 25, 1889 |
A jury again convicts Tom Woolfolk on murder and sentences him to die
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Tom Woolfolk and the Woolfolk Family murders |
| July 4, 1889 |
Dedication of the new State Capitol in Atlanta
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| July 26, 1889 |
City of Colquitt incorporated.
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City of Colquitt |
| August 5, 1889 |
Writer Conrad Aiken, born in Savannah, GA
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
| August 22, 1889 |
First electric streetcar in Atlanta runs from Edgewood Av. to Inman Park
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| September 24, 1889 |
Decatur Female Seminary (today's Agnes Scott College) opens.
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| October 8, 1889 |
Collett Everman Woolman, founder of Delta Air Lines, is born in Bloomington, Indiana
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Delta Air Lines
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| October 29, 1889 |
Georgia legislature approves the sale of the remaining land in the Okefenokee Swamp |
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| November 8, 1889 |
Governor William Northern signs bill creating Georgia Normal College and State University, Milledgeville
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| November 12, 1889 |
City of Willacoochee, Georgia (originally Coffee County, now Atkinson County) chartered
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Coffee County, Georgia |
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Atkinson County, Georgia |
| December 5, 1889 |
Jefferson Davis, only President of the Confederate States of America, dies |
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Jefferson Davis |
| December 23, 1889 |
Henry Woodfin Grady dies.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
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