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John Cabot took his second trip to North America; he thinks he may have explored coast of Georgia.
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King Charles was granted charter to Sir Robert Heath, included most of present-day in Georgia.
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James Oglethorpe founded Georgia for the first time in History!
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German settlers founded Ebenezer
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It was their first thanksgiving in Georgia.
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First Seminole War began; Indians raised white settlements.
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There was gold discovered in Georgia and that is when the gold rush began.
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The Civil War ended at this time.. Everyone was happy.
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This when the official flag was created, Georgia finally had their own flag to represent their country!
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John S. Pemberton invented Coca-Cola.
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35 people die in Southern Railways train plunged into washout 1.5 miles north of McDonough, Georgia.
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There was a fire in downtown Augusta that destroyed 32 city blocks, 600 homes and 6 blocks of businesses burned, over 3,000 homeless.
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Civil Rights Act passed; first person prosecuted under act was future Georgia governor, Lestor Moddox.
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Killed in plane crash..
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Elected governor; riots occurred in August, 6 killed, over 60 wounded.
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Elected president.
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Over 20,000 civil rights demonstrators marched in Cumming, Georgia.
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An ice storm wrecks havoc from Douglasville to Romee, east to Atlanta and further east into the Georgia mountains north of Athens.
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Georgia outlawed use of electric chairr, switched to lethal injection.
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A new flag flies over Georgia capitol for the first time in 45 years.
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Ossie Davis is found dead in his Miami Hotel. He died while on location filming 'Retirement'
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Choice Point announces that a credit previously believed to have only affected California residents actually afffects people from across the US.
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Georgia legislature passes a revised Voter ID bill.
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Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, died at the age of 78.
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US Supreme Court denied stay of execution for death row inmate Troy Davis.
