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Georgia (
i/ˈdʒɔrdʒⁱə/) is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870.
Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta is the state's capital and its most populous city.
Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean.
Georgia is the most extensive state east of the Mississippi River in terms of land area, although it is the fourth most extensive (after Michigan, Florida, and Wisconsin) in total area, a term which includes expanses of water which are part of state territory.
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Buzz is one of the two official mascots of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Buzz is usually represented as a stylized yellowjacket with yellow-and-black fur, white wings, a yellow head, and antennae. He is almost never drawn with six legs, but rather with arms, legs, hands (in white gloves) and feet (in black Converse high tops), like a human. Invented in 1972 and reinvented in 1979, Buzz reflects the tradition of referring to Georgia Tech students as "Yellow Jackets." Buzz is also one of Georgia Tech's emblems and trademarks, one that they defended in a 1998 legal conflict with the Salt Lake Buzz.
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Williams Street Productions, LLC, operating under the name Williams Street, (previously known as Ghost Planet Industries from 1994–1998, named after Space Ghost's home planet) is a division of Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, an operational unit of Time Warner. The studio is responsible for Adult Swim original series, Adult Swim is also produced and programmed by Williams Street. Keith Crofford and Mike Lazzo oversee operations for the studio building.
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- Nickname: Peach State
- Capital and largest city: Atlanta
- Governor: Nathan Deal (R)
- Lieutenant Governor: Casey Cagle (R)
- Total area: 153,909 km2 (59,425 sq mi)
- Population (2011 estimate): 9,815,210
- Date admitted to the Union: January 2, 1788
- Senators: Johnny Isakson (R), Saxby Chambliss (R)
State symbols:
- State amphibian: American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea)
- State bird: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- State flower: Azalea
- State marine Mammal: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
- Fruit: Peach
- Insect: Honeybee
- Flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata)
- Prepared Food: Grits
- Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Crop: Peanut
- Tree: Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Vegetable: Vidalia onion
- Reptile: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
- Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail
- Seashell: Knobbed Whelk
- Gem: Quartz
- Fossil: Shark Tooth
- Mineral: Staurolite
- Agriculture: Poultry
- Art Museum: Georgia Museum of Art in Athens
- Atlas: The Atlas of Georgia
- Ballet: Atlanta Ballet
- Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Hawkinsville Civitan Club’s “Shoot the Bull” barbecue championship
- Center for Character Education: Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum
- Folk Dance Square Dance
- Folk Festival: Georgia Folk Festival
- Folk Life Play: “Swamp Gravy”
- Frontier and Southern Indian Interpretive Center: The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College, Waleska
- Historic Drama: “The Reach of Song” presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee
- Musical Theatre: Peach State Summer Theatre
- Peanut Monument: Turner County on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn
- Pork Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce’s “Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig”
- Railroad Museum: The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex, Savannah
- School: Plains High School
- Songs: "Georgia on My Mind"
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam War. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986.
In the news
- March 8: Super Tuesday 2012: Mitt Romney wins six of ten GOP contests
- February 11: US regulators approve new nuclear reactors for first time in 34 years
- February 8: Komen executive resigns and criticizes Planned Parenthood
- November 16: Poll shows former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich as latest GOP presidential frontrunner
- October 17: 'Homer Simpson' contributes to U.S. presidential candidate Buddy Roemer
- June 2: Atlanta Thrashers sold to True North Sports and Entertainment, moving to Winnipeg
- April 29: Deadly tornadoes rip through southern US, killing over 300
- October 4: School bus crash kills one student in Georgia, US
- October 4: Church van flips killing four, injuring fifteen in Georgia, US
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- May 8, 1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would be named Coca-Cola.
- May 10, 1865 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
Did you know...
- ...that, in 1973, a Learjet 24 crashed shortly after take-off from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport after striking birds which likely came from a landfill site adjacent to the runway?
- ...that 29 employees were killed in the Thiokol-Woodbine Explosion when a fire spread down an assembly line and detonated 56,322 magnesium tripflares that had been manufactured for the U.S. Army?
- ...that Hulk Hogan's Pastamania was a restaurant located in the Mall of America and created by the WWE's Hulk Hogan, and that it failed spectacularly?
- ...that retired American baseball player Hank Aaron holds ten Atlanta Braves team records?
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