History Hop Tags - Augusta

1794-01-11

Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.

1861-01-24

Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy

1864-06-05

Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)

1867-02-14

Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia)

1904-04-21

Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)

1921-04-19

Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria

1934-03-22

1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Ga

1953-11-23

WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954-02-15

WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting

1961-11-13

WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting

1968-12-24

WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting

1970-05-12

Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)

1981-10-28

Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia

1987-05-28

Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta

1719-11-30

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)

1737-07-31

Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (d. 1813)

1757-01-19

Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)

1768-11-08

Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)

1788-06-21

Princess Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1850)

1792-02-08

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)

1796-01-07

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)

1797-07-25

Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge (d. 1889)

1811-09-30

Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)

1822-07-19

Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1916)

1822-07-19

Princess Augusta of Cambridge,

1835-05-08

Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, St. Elmo

1847-12-16

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer

1852-03-15

Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress

1852-03-15

Lady Augusta Gregory, The Rising of the Moon

1858-10-22

Empress Augusta Victoria, Opening of the Kiel Canal

1866-03-17

Augusta Lindberg, Charles XII

1871-01-10

Augusta Blad, Thru Trials to Victory

1875-11-07

Augusta Anderson, Rosa and the Author

1892-02-29

Augusta Savage (Fells), Green Cove Springs Florida, African-American sculptor and equal rights advocate

1903-07-14

Fernanda Coimbra, A Augusta Personagem

1905-01-26

Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music", (d. 2014)

1910-01-23

Augusta Weissberger, Too Much Johnson

1918-10-23

Augusta Dabney, General Hospital

1930-05-15

Jasper Johns, Augusta, Ga, painter/sculptor (Green Target)

1935-06-20

Karel Augusta, Príste budeme chytrejsí, starousku!

1939-05-09

Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)

1939-08-08

Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)

1939-08-21

Harold W Reid, Augusta County Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)

1945-10-28

Csaba Varga, Augusta Feeds Her Child

1951-9-01

Augusta Verburg, Aflevering 637

1952-04-23

Lionel Johnston, Augusta Ga, actor (Sons & Daughters)

1953-08-11

Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], Augusta Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89)

1954-06-15

Terri Gibbs, Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin')

1956-05-04

Sharon Jones, Augusta Georgia, soul/funk singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)

1957-08-06

Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, Broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel)

1958-09-23

Larry Hogan Mize, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1987 Masters)

1958-12-22

Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta GA, actor (Love Kills, Electric Dreams)

1960-01-09

David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer (1991 Buick Southern Open)

1960-11-25

Amy Grant, Augusta, Georgia, American gospel/rock singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby)

1961-07-30

Laurence Fishburne, Augusta GA, actor (Red Heat, School Daze)

1961-10-24

Susan Leigh Still, Augusta Ga, lt cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 83, 94)

1962-02-23

Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)

1967-12-08

Marina Augusta Baker, Windsor England, playmate (Mar, 1987)

1968-05-08

Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)

1971-08-19

Haidée Augusta, God Calling Rachel

1972-03-13

Shea Olliff, Augusta Georgia, Miss America-Georgia (1997)

1977-04-24

Ryan Mitchell, Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)

1983-11-06

Monica Mattos, O Estripador da Rua Augusta

1991-04-28

Sage Testini, Augusta, Gone

1811-01-01

Writer James Fenimore Cooper (21) weds Susan Augusta de Lancey in Mamaroneck, New York

1816-05-02

Léopold (Léopold I)of Saxe-Coburg, 1st King of Belgium following independence from the Netherlands marries British Princess Charlotte Augusta

1934-02-26

Theoretical physicist Edward Teller (25) weds Augusta Maria Harkanyi

1771-02-08

Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies

1890-01-07

Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78

1903-01-28

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55

1909-05-09

Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, St. Elmo

1916-12-05

Princess Augusta of Cambridge,

1921-04-11

Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1921-04-11

Empress Augusta Victoria, Opening of the Kiel Canal

1932-05-22

Lady Augusta, [Isabella Gregory], playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80

1932-05-23

Lady Augusta Gregory, The Rising of the Moon

1943-12-03

Augusta Lindberg, Charles XII

1951-12-18

Augusta Anderson, Rosa and the Author

1953-11-09

Augusta Blad, Thru Trials to Victory

1962-03-26

Augusta Savage, African-American sculptor and equal rights advocate dies aged 72

1987-03-28

Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82

1991-10-11

Fernanda Coimbra, A Augusta Personagem

1998-05-30

Karel Augusta, Príste budeme chytrejsí, starousku!

1999-03-05

Augusta Tucker, Miss Susie Slagle's

2000-05-18

Augusta Weissberger, Too Much Johnson

2008-02-04

Augusta Dabney, General Hospital

2012-06-15

Csaba Varga, Augusta Feeds Her Child