He was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1909.

This date in 1819 marked the sailing of the S. S. `` Savannah '' from Savannah, Georgia, for Liverpool.

* Benedictine Military School, a high school in Savannah, Georgia

* 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

* 1864 – Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his " March to the Sea ".

* 1778 – American Revolutionary War: 3, 000 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

* 1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.

* 1733 – Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, and its first city at Savannah ( known as Georgia Day ).

Numerous one-off gnome parades have been held, including in Savannah, Georgia ( April 2012 ) and Cleveland, Ohio ( May 2011 ).

* Savannah Campaign, conducted around Georgia during November and December 1864.

Harry Connick, Jr. in concert, Savannah, Georgia, Feb 27, 2007

McPherson was born in Savannah, Georgia.

* 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.

* 1819 – The leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

When he was nine, his family moved to Savannah, Georgia.

To the south, the British were said to be funding the Creek Indian raids ; Savannah was fortified, the State of Georgia under martial law.

In 1885, he married Ellen Louise Axson, the daughter of a minister from Savannah, Georgia during a visit to her relatives in Rome, Georgia.

** Establishment of United States VIII Bomber Command, later to become the Eighth Air Force, in Savannah, Georgia.

* March 21 – Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, gives the infamous Cornerstone Speech in Savannah, Georgia, in which he declares that slavery is the natural condition of blacks and the foundation of the Confederacy.

* December 4 – American Civil War – Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General Sherman's campaign of destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to Savannah, GA ( Union forces suffer more than 3 times the casualties as the Confederates, however ).

** The Tybee Bomb, a 7, 600 pound ( 3, 500 kg ) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb, is lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia.

* May 22 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, although only a fraction of the trip will be made under steam.

His mother was a native of Savannah, Georgia.

The Westobou River was the former name of the Savannah River that was derived from the Westo ( also known as Westoe ) native American Indians.

For a long time, Philadelphus coronarius was the only mock-orange of gardens, though some adventurous Americans grew the native P. inodorus that Mark Catesby had discovered growing on the banks of the Savannah River ; it appeared in Lady Skipwith's garden lists and George Washington ordered some from Bartram in 1792.

In 1948 Chatham Army Airfield was turned over to the Georgia Air National Guard and the name of the airport was renamed Travis Field, in honor of Savannah native Brigadier General.

The death occurred in Williams ' home, which was originally built by an ancestor of songwriter and Savannah native Johnny Mercer.

Lyricist Johnny Mercer, whose works include the Academy Award-winning song On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe and other entries in the Great American Songbook of pop music standards, is a native of Savannah.

John David " Jack " Leigh II ( 8 November 1948 – 19 May 2004 ), a native of Savannah, Georgia and a graduate of The Savannah Country Day School and the University of Georgia, was a photographer and author, best known for the cover photograph on the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

The airport was named Hunter Municipal Airfield during Savannah Aviation Week in May 1940, in honor of Lieutenant Colonel ( Lt. Col .) Frank O ’ Driscoll Hunter, a native of Savannah and a World War I flying ace.

After years of postponement due to the war and its effects, on February 7, 1890, the Savannah City Council approved erecting a memorial recognizing native sons Francis Bartow and Lafayette McLaws.

Lester Holt, Ann Curry and Kate Snow often substitute for Williams when he is on vacation or on assignment ; other substitute anchors include David Gregory, Savannah Guthrie, Harry Smith, Carl Quintanilla, Hoda Kotb, and Natalie Morales.

" Weaver " often has mixed results when socially interacting both with subordinates at ZeiraCorp and Weaver's daughter Savannah ( portrayed by Mackenzie Smith ), but was written with an improved ability to adapt to and sustain itself in changing situations more adeptly than prior Terminators.

* Savannah Smith Boucher as Eadie Morgan ( 1 episode, " The Two Faces of Betsy Morgan ", 1984 )

The series featured numerous performances and cameos by notable guest stars including: Dean Martin, Kim Basinger, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Abe Vigoda, Morey Amsterdam, Shelley Fabares, Shelley Berman, Savannah Smith Boucher, Alex Trebek, Sid Caesar, Slim Pickens, Isabel Sanford, Maureen McCormick, Cesar Romero, Doc Severinsen, Mamie Van Doren, Muhammad Ali, Robert Loggia, Kurt Krakowian, Leslie Nielsen, Lola Falana, Rudolph " Minnesota Fats " Wanderone, Heather Menzies ( Urich's real-life wife ), Eve Arden, Barbi Benton, Lisa Hartman, Shelley Winters, Wayne Newton, Captain & Tennille, Wolfman Jack, Tanya Roberts, Lorne Greene, Erin Gray, Gary Lockwood, William Garbacz, June Lockhart, Michael Cole, and Dick Butkus.

Grant's restoration was fortunate because by the time Grant reached Savannah, Tennessee, Smith had already met with an accident while jumping into a rowboat that seriously injured his leg, forcing him out of field duty.

Smith died of an infection following his leg injury and chronic dysentery at Savannah, Tennessee, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.

During the expedition to Savannah, Tennessee Maj. Gen. Charles Ferguson Smith injured his leg and was forced to turn over command of his division to General Wallace.

* 1980: In The Long Riders by Savannah Smith Boucher

Bobbie directed the New York premiere of The Savannah Disputations by Evan Smith at the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons in 2009, with Marylouise Burke, Dana Ivey, Kellie Overby and Reed Birney.

Savannah Smith Boucher played Zee, or Jesse James ' wife, Zerelda.