| January 1, 1994 |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a story about Jim Williams of Savannah, who was tried four times (and convicted three times) for the murder of Danny Hansford
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| January 14, 1994 |
Ralph David Abernathy III, is stopped in East Point, GA. and charged with running a red light, failure to yield to an Emergency Vehicle, and Reckless Driving
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
| January 27, 1994 |
Claude Akins dies, Altadena, California
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Claude Akins |
| January 30, 1994 |
Super Bowl XXVIII is held at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta where the Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 30 to 13.
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The Georgia Dome |
| February 23, 1994 |
Hannah Dakota Fanning born, Conyers, Georgia |
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Dakota Fanning |
| March 21, 1994 |
The city of Augusta dedicates a monument to Emily Tubman near the corner of Green and 7th St. in downtown Augusta. |
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Emily Tubman |
| March 24, 1994 |
Emily Tubman is inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. |
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Emily Tubman |
| March 27, 1994 |
The Palm Sunday Killer tornadoes destroy a church in Piedmont, AL (west of Cedartown) before killing 18 in Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| April 1, 1994 |
National Weather Service central office opens in Peachtree City. Atlanta Airport office closes in Oct., 1996
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National Weather Service
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| April 26, 1994 |
Atlanta based hip-hop group OutKast releases their first album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik |
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OutKast |
| May 9, 1994 |
President Clinton appoints Clarence Cooper to the United States District Court as a Judge for the Northern District of Georgia |
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Clarence Cooper |
| June 9, 1994 |
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes sets fire to a home she shares with Atlanta Falcon's football player Andre Rison in the Country Club of the South near Alpharetta.
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Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes |
| June 16, 1994 |
Lisa Lopes checks into a alcoholism rehab center
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Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes |
| June 17, 1994 |
Eddie Lawrence pleads guilty in the murder of Sara Tokars
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Fred Tokars orders a 'hit' on his wife |
| June 18, 1994 |
A tropical wave forms over western Africa
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| June 29, 1994 |
Thunderstorms from a weak tropical system hit Cuba
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| June 30, 1994 |
Hurricane hunters return with information from the tropical depression off the coast of Cuba. NOAA declares it the first named storm of the 1994 hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 1, 1994 |
HOPE Scholarship expands to cover four years of college. |
| July 3, 1994 |
Alberto comes ashore at Destin, Florida as a tropical storm (not a hurricane, sustained winds were less than 75 mph)
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 5, 1994 |
Having moved slowly north across the Florida panhandle, Alberto tracked slowly north until it stopped south of Atlanta
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 6, 1994 |
Release date for Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Penn Wright and Sally Field. The movie featured locations in Savannah.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| July 6, 1994 |
Tropical Storm Alberto causes the worst flooding in the history of Georgia, inundating a wide area of the state and causing the Flint, Ocmulgee, and Chattahoochee Rivers to reach record high levels
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 7, 1994 |
The storm finally rains itself out over central Alabama
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 7, 1994 |
Ocmulgee River crests in Macon at 35.4 ft, new record (Hurricane Alberto).
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 8, 1994 |
Flint River, Montezuma, crests at 35 ft above flood level. (All-time record, Hurricane Alberto)
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 14, 1994 |
Flash floods in Terrell County. Sheriff Department reported numerous flash flooding of roads due to rising creek that had been inundated by rain. A woman died when her car was swept off a road in Dawson by the floodwater of the Chickasawhatchee River
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| July 17, 1994 |
Atlanta receives a record 14th day of rain. Its 17.71 monthly total for July remains a record
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| August 12, 1994 |
First Union acquires three branches of the Cobb Federal Savings Association
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| October 13, 1994 |
24 hour rainfall at Hunter, Georgia: 14.26 inches
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| October 13, 1994 |
14.26 inches of rain falls on Hunter, GA. 8.80 falls on Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| November 15, 1994 |
TLC's Crazysexycool is released
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TLC |
| November 18, 1994 |
Georgia Lottery introduces Fantasy 5 |
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Georgia Lottery |
| December 2, 1994 |
Cobb, starring Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb, and Robert Wuhl, is released. Filming locations include Royston, GA (Ty Cobb's home town) and Athens.
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Ty Cobb |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| December 9, 1994 |
Historic marker marking the house of Emily Tubman in Augusta is dedicated |
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Emily Tubman |
| December 20, 1994 |
Dean Rusk dies, Athens, Georgia
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Dean Rusk
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