1774: Louis XVI, King of France

1858: MN,

1935: REA,
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7037 creating the Rural Electrification Administration, an action prompted by Roosevelt's frequent visits to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia. On his drives through the countryside, Roosevelt saw life in rural Georgia without electricity. Of course, he had electricity at his residence -- but his electric power rate was almost four times what he paid back at Hyde Park, New York. As a result, Roosevelt later noted, "So it can be said that a little cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia, was the birthplace of the Rural Electrification Administration."

1758: Samuel Jeans and family, settle in Midway and Newport, Georgia.

1791: Midway addresses Washington, The Church and Society of Midway and Newport addressed President Washington during his visit to Georgia. ``The hatchet is now buried, and we smoke with our Indian neighbors the calumet of peace.'' Source: Stacy-R

1791: Pres. Washington in Savannah,
On this morning President Washigton visited Purrysburg on the Savannah River -- his last visit in South Carolina. There, Georgia officials met Washington to escort him onto a barge-like vessel for the twenty-five mile trip to Savannah. As the river took them past Mulberry Grove plantation, Washington had made plans to stop so he could visit Catharine (Caty) Greene, widow of Revolutionary Gen. Nathanael Greene. Washington spent several hours with his long-time friend and promised to stop by again in four days on his way to Augusta. Arriving in Savannah after sundown, Washington found the city brightly illuminated in celebration of his visit. Thus began four days of ceremonies, receptions, dinners, dances, and other formalities for Savannah's most important visitor in its 58-year history.