September 7, 1752

1752 Officially, this day did not exist in Georgia. See Sept. 3 entry for reason.

September 7, 1864

1864 Gen. Sherman sent a letter to Confederate commanding general John Bell Hood stating that he was willing to provide transportation to Atlanta residents to leave the city, because "Atlanta is no place for families and non-combatants . . . ."

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September 7, 1864

1864 Gen. Sherman sent a letter to Confederate commanding general John Bell Hood stating that he was willing to provide transportation to Atlanta residents to leave the city, because "Atlanta is no place for families and non-combatants . . . ."

September 7, 1881

1881 Macon-born poet Sidney Lanier died in Lynn, North Carolina. A year after graduating from Oglethorpe University, Lanier joined the Macon Volunteers in the spring of 1861. He was captured in 1864 and imprisoned in a Union prison in Maryland, where he contacted a lung disease. After the war, Lanier had a series of jobs, during which time he began writing novels and poems. His best works were written in 1869 and afterwards. Some, such as "Thar’s More in the Man Than Thar Is in the Land," were written in rural Georgia dialect, while others such as "The Marshes of Glynn" were more serious in nature. As his health continued to deteriorate, Lanier traveled to the mountains of North Carolina, where he died of tuberculosis on Sept. 7, 1881.

September 7, 1891

Georgia cities and towns incorporated by acts approved on Sept. 7:

1891 Martin (Franklin)

September 7, 1923

1923 Golfing-great Louise Suggs was born in Atlanta. During her career in the Ladies’ Professional Golfers’ Association (LPGA), she won 50 tournaments between 1949 and 1962 additionally serving as LPGA president twice.

September 7, 1944

1944 Marietta’s Bell bomber plant announced it was going to a 54-hour work week to meet the wartime needs for B-29s.

September 7, 1954

1954 Former University of Georgia football coach Glenn "Pop" Warner died at age 83 in Palo Alto, California.

September 7, 1972

1972 Curtis Mayfield’s "Superfly" album went gold.

September 7, 1977

1977 In Washington, D.C., President Jimmy Carter and General Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty in which the U.S. agreed to eventually turn over control of the canal to Panama.

September 7, 1985

1985 The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers dedicated Lake Richard B. Russell -- Georgia’s newest lake, which is located between Lake Hartwell to the north and Lake Strom Thurmond (Clarks Hill) to the south.

September 7, 1997

1997 The U.S.S. Louisiana Trident nuclear missile submarine was commissioned at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, making it the tenth Trident submarine at Kings Bay and the Navy’s final Trident submarine. The 560-foot-long submarine, larger than any of its predecessors, and was given the motto "they saved the best for last" by its crew.