Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
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The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.
Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
