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Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 Georgia Timeline History
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1540: Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto explores the area.
1565: Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez established numerous forts and missions
1670s: Pirates plague the settlements along the Georgia coastline
1716: Blackbeard, the pirate, headquarters on an offshore island
1732: King George II charters, and declares, Georgia the 13th colony
1733: James Oglethorpe establishes Georgia as the thirteenth colony based on the charter from King George II
1736: James Oglethorpe and a large group of colonists founded the city of Savannah
1788: British stage a surprise attack during the Revolutionary War, and capture Savannah (1792) Eli Whitney invented cotton gin at Mulberry Grove Plantation in Georgia
(1795) Yazoo Land Fraud took place; treaty between Spain and U. S. settled border between Georgia and Spanish territory of Florida
(1799) First state seal adopted
(1807) State capital moved to Milledgeville; boundary between Georgia and North Carolina established
(1811) Fight between sailors in Savannah caused three days of riots
(1812) War of 1812 began
(1815) British burned fort at Point Peter in final battle of War of 1812
(1817) First Seminole War began; Indians raided white settlements
(1818) First Seminole War ended
(1819) Steamship SS Savannah sailed from Savannah to Liverpool, England, first steamship to cross Atlantic
(1820) Fire in Savannah destroyed 463 buildings; most residents homeless
(1824) Hurricane hit St. Simons Island; 83 killed
(1827) All Creek Indian lands ceded to Georgia
(1828) Gold discovered; gold rush began
(1835) Seminole Indians ambushed U. S. troops, killed 105; start of Second Seminole War
(1836) Seminoles massacred Major Frances Dade and troops of 103 men
(1837) Seminole Chief, Osceola, taken prisoner
(1838) Cherokees and Creek Indians forced out of Georgia (Trail of Tears); Seminole Chief, Osceola, dies
(1842) Dr. Crawford Long became first person to use anesthesia during surgery
(1861) Civil War began; Savannah volunteer militia captured Fort Pulaski; Ordinance of Secession was adopted; Georgia ratified Confederate Constitution; Georgia took possession of U. S. mint at Dahlonega; President Lincoln orders blockade of Southern ports
(1862) Union forces captured Fort Pulaski; Union raiders stole locomotive to (unsuccessfully) destroy bridges and tracks between Atlanta and Chattanooga (Great Locomotive Chase); Atlanta became Confederate military post
(1863) President Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation; Confederates won at Battle of Chickamauga, over 18,000 killed
(1864) Many Civil War battles occurred in Georgia; William T. Sherman led armies through Georgia to Savannah (March to the Sea); left Atlanta in flames
(1865) Civil War ended
(1868) Atlanta became capital
(1870) Fifteenth Amendment ratified; Georgia readmitted to Union
(1879) Official flag created
(1881) Hurricane struck coast, killed 700, many homeless
(1888) Coca-Cola first goes on sale at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta
(1891) Jim Crow laws enacted
(1893) Hurricane struck southern coast of Georgia, 2,000 dead, more than 30,000 homeless; public hangings abolished
(1903) Tornado hit Gainesville and New Holland, 106 dead; earthquake struck Tybee Island/Savannah
(1906) Atlanta Race Riot continued for two days; 26 killed, many wounded
(1912) White residents of Forsyth County drove black population out; Girl Scouts founded in Savannah
(1916) Fire in downtown Augusta destroyed 32 city blocks, 600 homes and six blocks of businesses burned, over 3,000 homeless
(1918) Spanish flu struck; thousands died
(1921) Boll weevils reduced cotton crop to half
(1924) Delta Airlines starts as crop dusting company
(1934) Masters Golf Tournament began at Augusta National Golf Club
(1936) Tornado in Cordele killed 23, destroyed 289 buildings; tornado in Gainesville killed 187 people, left 200 homeless; Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind published; Ty Cobb inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
(1942) German submarine sunk ship and oil tanker in torpedo attack off St. Simon's Island; gas rationing went into effect
(1944) Dr. Alfred Blalock performed first blue baby operation; 47 railroad workers died in train derailment in Stockton; artist Harry Rossoll developed idea and image of Smokey Bear
(1958) Dynamite explosion destroyed interior of Atlanta Jewish Temple
(1959) Segregated seating on Atlanta city buses ruled unconstitutional
(1960) Civil rights movement began, 200 students staged sit-ins in Atlanta; Martin Luther King, Jr. and others arrested in sit-in demonstration in Atlanta; Georgian Joanne Woodward first person honored with star in Hollywood Walk of Fame
(1961) University of Georgia became integrated; Atlanta's public schools were integrated; civil rights protests took place in Albany
(1962) Civil rights protests took place in Albany, churches burned in Macon and Albany
(1964) Civil Rights Act passed; first person prosecuted under act was future Georgia governor, Lestor Maddox; Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize; Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta
(1965) Atlanta awarded franchise by the NFL
(1967) Otis Redding (Georgian) killed in plane crash
(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated; funeral held in Atlanta; riots occurred in Albany, Fort Valley, Macon and Savannah
(1970) Jimmy Carter elected governor; riots occurred in Augusta, six killed, over 60 wounded
(1971) Civil rights protest in Columbus, 19 buildings burned, state of emergency declared
(1973) Escapees from Maryland prison murdered six members of Alday family in Donalsonville
(1974) Hank Aaron broke baseball home run record; tornadoes in northwest Georgia killed 16, injured 109; Atlanta Constitution editor, Reg Murphy kidnapped and held for ransom, paper paid ransom, Murphy released
(1976) Jimmy Carter elected U. S. president
(1980) Jimmy Carter defeated by Ronald Reagan; over 1000 prison inmates at Georgia State Prison refused to work, pled for more rights and better living conditions; strike by bus drivers forced closing of Fulton County's public schools
(1982) New state constitution approved; Georgia based Weather Channel began broadcasting; Hank Aaron inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame; City of Kennesaw passed law requiring households to keep firearm and ammunition
(1987) Over 20,000 civil rights demonstrators marched in Cumming
(1992) State lottery legalized; Georgia Dome opened
(1995) Atlanta Braves won World Series
(1996) Olympic Summer Games held in Georgia; bomb set off in Centennial Olympic Park, one killed, over 100 injured; first Olympic games with tickets sold over internet
(1997) Ted Turner made largest recorded donation in history with $1 billion to U.N.Charities; Omni Arena and Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium imploded; Tiger Woods became first African-American and youngest player ever to win the Masters Golf Tournament
(2002) Jimmy Carter awarded Nobel Peace Prize
(2004) G-8 Summit held on Sea Island
(2005) Judge and court reporter shot and killed in Atlanta courtroom; announcement of plans to close four Georgia military bases; statewide ban on smoking in public buildings instituted
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