| January 9, 2009 |
The first salmonella product is identified by a Minnesota scientist in a King Nut peanut butter bucket. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 10, 2009 |
King Nut voluntarily recalls peanut butter manufactured for it by Peanut Corporation of America at their Blakely, Georgia plant. The Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture matches the salmonella from King Nut peanut butter to the illnesses in Minnesota |
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Early County, Georgia |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 13, 2009 |
PCA voluntarily recalls peanut butter produced after July 1, 2008 |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 16, 2009 |
Peanut Corporation of America recalls peanut paste produced after September 26, 2008 |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 27, 2009 |
The FDA completes an inspection of the Peanut Corporation of America facility in Blakely, Georgia. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| January 28, 2009 |
Based on the findings of the FDA inspection, Peanut Corporation of America recalls all products produced at its Blakely, Georgia after January 1, 2007. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 2, 2009 |
President Barack Obama promises a comprehensive review of the FDA. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 6, 2009 |
It is revealed that the Peanut Corporation of America knowingly shipped salmonella-infected products |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 6, 2009 |
FirstBank Financial Services of McDonough, Georgia, was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. Deposits and some assets were transferred to Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| February 13, 2009 |
Peanut Corporation of America files for bankruptcy |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| February 24, 2009 |
The state of Georgia furloughs about 25% of its workforce (25,000 workers) because of a budget shortfall |
| February 24, 2009 |
The last case of Peanut Corporation of America salmonella outbreak is reported to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. During the 6-month outbreak 691 cases were reported in the United States and one in Canada. The infections resulted in 8 deaths. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| March 6, 2009 |
Freedom Bank of Georgia in Commerce was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the FDIC was named as receiver. Deposits and some assets were transferred to the Northeast Georgia Bank in Lavonia. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| March 10, 2009 |
Actress-singer Mandy Moore (A Walk to Remember, License to Wed) weds rock musician Ryan Adams in a quiet ceremony in Savannah. |
| March 20, 2009 |
FirstCity Bank of Stockbridge, Georgia, is closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC is named receiver, but no bank is willing to assume the deposits |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| March 27, 2009 |
Omni National Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, will act as paying agent for the insured deposits. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| March 27, 2009 |
Shirley Sherrod gives a speech at the Atlanta NAACP regional meeting in which she describes helping a white farmer (Roger and Eloise Spooner) in 1985. Sherrod's father had been killed by racists in 1960. |
| April 12, 2009 |
Angel Cabrera wins the 73rd Annual Masters in a three person playoff. |
| April 20, 2009 |
Six Flags Inc., parent company of Six Flags Over Georgia and White Water, is delisted by the New York Stock Exchange. |
| April 24, 2009 |
American Southern Bank, Kennesaw, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Bank of North Georgia, Alpharetta, Georgia, to assume all of the deposits, excluding those from brokers. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| April 25, 2009 |
George Zinkhan UGA marketing professor and head of the school's marketing department kills his wife and two fellow members of the Athens Community Theater. A worldwide manhunt ensued. |
| April 29, 2009 |
A 39-year old Kentucky woman visiting friends in LaGrange and who recently traveled to Cancun, Mexico, is Georgia's first confirmed case of swine flu |
| May 1, 2009 |
Silverton Bank, National Association, Atlanta, Georgia, a commercial bank that provided banking services to other banks, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created a bridge bank to assume operations. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| May 9, 2009 |
The body of UGA professor George Zinkhan is discovered in a shallow grave in northern Clarke County, Georgia |
| May 14, 2009 |
Chrysler announces it plans to close 14 dealerships in the state of Georgia |
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Chrysler closes 14 dealerships in Georgia |
| May 18, 2009 |
Atlanta rapper Dolla, whose real name is Roderick Anthony Burton II, is shot at the Beverly Center. He is pronounced dead a few minutes later at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. |
| May 20, 2009 |
Aubrey Louis Berry is arrested by police at LAX for the murder of Dolla, an Atlanta rapper |
| May 20, 2009 |
Michael Vick leaves federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas |
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Michael Vick |
| June 19, 2009 |
Georgia Theater in Athens, built in the 1890's, is gutted by fire. |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| June 19, 2009 |
Southern Community Bank, Fayetteville, Georgia was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed receiver. The FDIC assumption agreement with United Community Bank, Blairsville, Georgia, to assume all of the deposits of Southern Community Bank. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| June 26, 2009 |
Community Bank of West Georgia, Villa Rica, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC was appointed receiver. They will mail checks to depositors for their insured funds. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| June 26, 2009 |
Neighborhood Community Bank of Newnan was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with CharterBank, West Point, Georgia, to assume all of the deposits of Neighborhood Community Bank. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| July 9, 2009 |
The Georgia Supreme Court overturns a lower court ruling allowing Plant Longleaf to move towards licensing |
| July 14, 2009 |
The U. S. prison web site reports that Bernie Madoff has moved to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and assigned the number 61727-054. |
| July 15, 2009 |
Georgia unemployment reaches 10.1%, highest rate since records were kept. |
| July 17, 2009 |
First Piedmont Bank, Winder, was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC entered into a purchase agreement with First American Bank and Trust Company, Athens, Georgia, to assume all of the deposits. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| July 17, 2009 |
The First Piedmont Bank, Winder, fails. Its assets are purchased by First American Bank and Trust. |
| July 19, 2009 |
Record low temperatures were set across the state as an unusually strong cold front swept through. In Atlanta, the low reached 63, tying a record set in 1967, while in Athens the 58 degree temp shattered the previous low record of 62 set in 1925. |
| July 19, 2009 |
In a ruling on the Georgia-Alabama-Florida water wars U. S District Judge Paul Magnuson rules that Lake Lanier was not intended to be the primary water source for metro Atlanta |
| July 22, 2009 |
ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews calls Dekalb County 911 to report paparazzi waiting near her condo. |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
| July 24, 2009 |
Security Bank Corporation of Bibb County, Jones County, North Metro, North Fulton, and Gwinnett County, organized as individual banks, were closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC entered into a purchase agreement with State Bank and Trust Company, Pinehurst. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| August 1, 2009 |
Shirley Sherrod accepts an appointment to USDA Director of Rural Development in Georgia. |
| August 11, 2009 |
Kristi Cromwell is reported missing to Blairsville, Georgia police |
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Union County, Georgia |
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Kristi Cromwell |
| August 21, 2009 |
A $50,000 reward fund is established for information on Kristi Cornwall |
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Kristi Cromwell |
| August 21, 2009 |
ebank, a Georgia bank and one of the first Internet Banks fails. Its assets are purchased by Stearns Bank |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| August 21, 2009 |
First Coweta Bank fails. Its assets are purchased by United Bank |
| August 22, 2009 |
America's Most Wanted profiles the case of Kristi Cromwell, missing from Blairsville |
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Kristi Cromwell |
| August 29, 2009 |
Near Brunswick, Georgia police find 9 victims in a trailer park. Seven people were dead at the scene. |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| August 30, 2009 |
An eighth victim dies from the trailer massacre in Glynn County |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| 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 |
| September 11, 2009 |
A hunter finds camping supplies, clothes and books belonging to convicted killer Gary Michael Hilton in the Chattahoochee National Forest. |
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Meredith Emerson |
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Fannin County, Georgia |
| September 14, 2009 |
Jody Powell dies from a heart attack in his home in Maryland |
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Jody Powell |
| September 15, 2009 |
Jimmy Carter portrays an outburst by a South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson as "racist." During a speech by President Obama in Congress, Wilson called out "You lie" when the President said his health care package would not cover illegal immigrants. |
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 17, 2009 |
Some of the heaviest rain ever reported in Georgia falls northwest of Atlanta as a tropical system dumps rain across the state. Places in Cherokee and Cobb Counties report one-day totals near 9.0 inches with weekly totals between 18.0 and 21.0 inches |
| September 25, 2009 |
Georgian Bank of Atlanta closes. Its assets are purchased by First Citizens Bank and Trust Company |
| October 5, 2009 |
David Edenfield is convicted for the March 2007 sexual assault and choking death of Christopher Barrio |
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Christopher Barrios |
| October 6, 2009 |
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| October 19, 2009 |
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on "statistically unlikely" improvements in federally mandated student testing. They find 12 schools in the Atlanta area out of 19 in the state meet their criteria and begin an investigation. |
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Atlanta School Cheating Scandal |
| October 23, 2009 |
American United Bank of Lawrenceville fails. Its assets are purchased from the FDIC by Ameris Bank |
| November 6, 2009 |
United Security Bank of Sparta, GA fails. Its assets are purchased by Ameris Bank |
| November 8, 2009 |
Comedian/rapper Katt Williams was arrested in Newnan, Georgia after breaking into a home. The Woodland Hills, Calif. resident was in Georgia to film a movie. |
| November 10, 2009 |
A federal grand jury returned indictments against 4 people for the attack on the RBS WorldPay system headquartered in Atlanta |
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RBS WorldPay Hacked |
| November 19, 2009 |
FAA computer glitch in Atlanta causes delays throughout the United States |
| November 19, 2009 |
Word reaches the Bulldog Nation that UGA VII, the team mascot, has passed away from heart failure. He was 4. |
| December 4, 2009 |
Three banks fail. First Security National bank of Norcross, The Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta and the Tattnall Bank, Reidsvile. The State Bank and Trust purchased the assets of the first two and Heritage Bank of the South purchased the assets of the third bank. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| December 17, 2009 |
Vice President Joe Biden presents the North Georgia Network, a new electrical cooperative, with $33 million stimulus grant in Dawsonville |
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Dawson County, Georgia |
| December 18, 2009 |
RockBridge Commercial Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, fails. |
