ToodooBuckhead.com: John Howard » Atlanta History http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john Johns Blog - Part of the TooDooBuckhead.com Entertainment Network Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:20:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 This Date in Atlanta/Buckhead History http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/71/this-date-in-atlantabuckhead-history-3/ http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/71/this-date-in-atlantabuckhead-history-3/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:57:47 +0000 John http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/?p=71 On this date in 1885 nearly ten thousand people gathered in downtown Atlanta to witness the laying of the cornerstone at the site of the new Georgia capitol building.  The construction project would take nearly four years before the building opened in 1889.

]]> http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/71/this-date-in-atlantabuckhead-history-3/feed/ 0 This Date in Atlanta/Buckhead History http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/68/this-date-in-atlantabuckhead-history-2/ http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/68/this-date-in-atlantabuckhead-history-2/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:53:28 +0000 John http://www.toodoobuckhead.com/john/?p=68 On this date in 1922 approximately five thousand people witnessed the last hanging in Atlanta history which occurred outside the Fulton County jail.  In December of 1921, Mr. Frank DuPre killed a jewelry store security guard who tried to prevent him from stealing a diamond ring for his girlfriend.

In 2004, Democratic Senator Zell Miller spoke at the Republican National Convention to show his support of the re-election of President George W. Bush.

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