Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
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Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
A nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of Georgia, US.
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published.