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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 2001;_Stamp_Act
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| January 1, 2001 |
MARTA's fare increases to $1.75
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| January 9, 2001 |
Vince Dooley wins the Amos Alonzo Stagg award for outstanding service to football
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Vince Dooley |
| January 20, 2001 |
President William Clinton pardons Georgians during the waning moments of his presidency
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Presidential Pardons |
| January 22, 2001 |
Randy Thompson, a Forsyth County firefighter, dies after exhibiting "flu-like" symptoms for several days. His live-in companion is Lynn Turner. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| January 30, 2001 |
A new flag flies of the Georgia capitol for the first time in 45 years.
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| January 31, 2001 |
Governor Roy Barnes signs into law a bill changing the design of the state flag.
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| February 2, 2001 |
Outkast leaves Eminem's European tour so that "Big Boi" Antwann Andre Patton can be present at the birth of his child
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OutKast |
| March 14, 2001 |
The largest traffic accident in Georgia's history occurs on I-75 near Ringgold, Georgia, involving 125 car and killing 5.
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| March 25, 2001 |
Julia Roberts wins an Academy Award for Erin Brockovich
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Julia Roberts |
| April 1, 2001 |
EP-3E downed on Hainan Island, China
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Fighter downs EP-3E |
| April 12, 2001 |
Derwin Brown is honored when Dekalb County's Candler Road police building is named in his memory
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Derwin Brown murdered |
| April 16, 2001 |
Driven premieres, starring Atlanta-born actor Kip Pardue. It will gross $32 million in 11 weeks of general release
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Kevin Ian 'Kip' Pardue |
| June 14, 2001 |
Andre Rison announces his engagement to Lisa Lopes, which is later called off.
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Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes |
| June 22, 2001 |
Cobb County police link the deaths of Randy Thomson and Glenn Turner. They begin a homicide investigation. |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| July 5, 2001 |
Downed EP-3E returned to Dobbins AFB
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Fighter downs EP-3E |
| July 30, 2001 |
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, having been called into the Lynn Turner case to assist the Forsyth County police, declare that firefighter Randy Thomson died from antifreeze poisoning. His death will later be ruled a homicide. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| September 1, 2001 |
Wachovia and First Union merge
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| September 9, 2001 |
Tickets for Lotto South go on sale in Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia
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| September 11, 2001 |
World Trade Centers and The Pentagon attacked by terrorists
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| September 25, 2001 |
Unsolved Mysteries airs James Sullivan's picture during a show on the murder of his wife, Lita. |
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James Sullivan and the murder of Lita Sullivan |
| September 26, 2001 |
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Actor Ben Affleck ticketed for speeding |
| October 4, 2001 |
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Georgia Supreme Court rules against using electric chair |
| October 11, 2001 |
Feds indict former Georgia School Superintendent Linda Schrenko, her chief deputy Merle Temple Jr. and A. Stephan Botes, a business owner from Alpharetta, GA. Schrenko, who served as superintendent from 1995 through 2003, ordered the Education Department to issue 11 checks, ranging from $45,000 to $49,900, just under the $50,000 amount that would have triggered an automatic review by the department. |
| October 21, 2001 |
The Arizona Diamondbacks end the Atlanta Braves season in the National League play-offs. The Diamondbacks won 4 out of 5 games
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| November 8, 2001 |
President Bush tells America "Let's Roll" in a nationally televised speech from the World Congress Center in Atlanta
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Georgia World Congress Center
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| November 12, 2001 |
Georgia Lottery introduces Lotto South |
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Georgia Lottery |
| November 16, 2001 |
UGA football fan closes Hartsfield Airport
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Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport disrupted. |
| November 24, 2001 |
Tornado strikes Dade County, near State Road 157.
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Dade County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| November 30, 2001 |
Former Dekalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey and two others are charged in the murder of Derwin Brown, who had been elected to replace Dorsey as sheriff.
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Derwin Brown murdered |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
| December 3, 2001 |
I Am Sam starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota Fanning premieres in Los Angeles |
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Dakota Fanning |
| December 4, 2001 |
OutKast releases "Big Boi and Dre Present OutKast, compiling songs from the Atlanta-based La Face label:"Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (1994), "ATLiens" (1996), "Aquemini" (1998) and "Stankonia" (2000).
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OutKast |
| December 28, 2001 |
Georgia loses to Boston College in the Music City Bowl
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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