1970 Event WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Shannon Sturges, born in Hollywood, California, actress, daytime soap opera veteran, appeared in television shows Passions, Charmed, Savannah, Days of Our Lives 1964 Birthday Kenny Rogers, born in Savannah, Georgia, pitcher, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees 1963 Event WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 1962 Birthday Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah Georgia, PGA golfer, 1986 Bank of Boston 1959 Birthday Bob Inglis, born in Savannah, Georgia, Representative-R-South Carolina 2005 - 1959 Event 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1957 Birthday Don Snow, born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1992, changed name to John Savannah, musician, guitarist, drummer, saxophonist, toured with Van Morrison, member of Squeeze, Procol Harum, played Hammond organs, piano 1956 Event WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Birthday Diana Scarwid, Savannah Georgia, actress, Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat 1954 Birthday Hollis Stacy, born in Savannah, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977, 1978 1954 Event WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS-39, 64 1948 Birthday Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991- 1944 Birthday Mike Curb, Savannah, Georgia, singer, Mike Curb Congregation 1941 Birthday Stacy Keach, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer 1934 Birthday Eva M. Clayton, born in Savannah, Georgia, Representative-D-North Carolina 1993 - 2003 1912 Event Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low 1909 Birthday Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1901 Birthday Wayne King, Savannah, Illinois, saxophonist/bandleader, Waltz King 1895 Event 200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia 1893 Event Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC 1893 Event Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die 1877 Birthday Charles Coburn, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Devil and Miss Jones 1875 Birthday Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah, Tennessee, actress, Climax, Tall Story 1867 Event Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead 1864 Event General Sherman conquers Savannah 1864 Event General Shermans armies reach Savannah and 12 day siege begins 1864 Event Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia 1861 Event U.S. Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia 1819 Event 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1819 Event 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) 1788 Event Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga 1778 Event English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia 1736 Event Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia 1733 Event Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
