August 20, 1889

Georgia towns and cities incorporated by acts approved on August 20:

1889 Bruton (Laurens County)

August 20, 1906

Georgia towns and cities incorporated by acts approved on August 20:

1906 Eastville (Oconee County), Edison (Calhoun County), Funston (Colquitt County), Hickox (Wayne County), Winston (Douglas County), and Yonker (Dodge County)

August 20, 1913

1913 In Fulton County Superior Court, the trial of Leo Frank entered the twenty-first day. Having presented all of their evidence, Frank’s defense team rested their case. Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey then called several female ex-employees of the National Pencil Factory to the stand. They all testified that they had a bad opinion of Leo Frank’s character but could not give concrete examples of immoral behavior on his part. After their testimony, Leo Frank again was called, by the defense, to repudiate their statements. Shortly after 4 p.m., the evidence phase of the case was closed, with final arguments set to begin the next day.

August 20, 1918

1918 Gov. Hugh Dorsey signed the FY 1919 appropriation act that included the following salaries for certain state officials:

Governor $5,000
Attorney General $3,000
Insurance Commissioner $3,000
Commissioner of Agriculture $3,000
State Treasurer $2,000
Secretary of State $2,000
State School Superintendent $2,000
State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges $4,000
Speaker of House and President of Senate $7 per day during legislative session
Members of General Assembly $4 per day during legislative session

August 20, 1920

1920 Gov. Hugh Dorsey signed an act creating the State Department of Archives and History.

August 20, 1923

1923 Gov. Clifford Walker signed an act requiring that all schools and colleges in Georgia supported by public funds to provide instruction in the essentials of the U.S. and Georgia constitutions, and that no student could graduate without first passing an examination on the provisions and principles of both constitutions.

August 20, 1933

1933 Gov. Eugene Talmadge led a group of over 500 Georgians to Chicago’s World’s Fair -- called a "Century of Progress Exposition." This was Georgia Day at the Exposition.

August 20, 1980

1980 Thirteen year old Clifford Jones, visiting his grandmother in Atlanta, was strangled to death. He was the latest victim in the Atlanta Child Murders case.

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1954 Georgia Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin announced his candidacy for governor and immediately blasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision issued one week earlier. read more