It's a Great Day in Bulldog Nation: Three Reasons to Celebrate This Date in University of Georgia History
by T Kyle King on Jan 27, 2009 5:30 AM EST
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PrintToday, January 27, represents a momentous date in the history of the University of Georgia, for three reasons.
On this date in 1785, the Georgia General Assembly became the first American legislature to charter a state university. The 224th anniversary of the birth of the University of Georgia will be commemorated with the Founders’ Day Lecture by Dr. Thomas G. Dyer, which will be delivered at 3:00 this afternoon in the Chapel. (Alice Vernon may be contacted for additional information.)
Exactly 29 years later, on this date in 1814, Captain Samuel Butts was killed leading a Georgia Militia charge against the Creek Indians at the Battle of Chalibbe in the War of 1812. Captain Butts later became the namesake of Butts County, and one of his direct descendants, James Wallace Butts, served as the head coach of the Bulldogs from 1939 to 1960, compiling a 140-86-9 record that included four Southeastern Conference championships and victories in the Orange, Rose, and Sugar Bowls.
Exactly 181 years later, on this date in 1995, my wife and I went out on our first date. O.K., maybe that isn’t quite as big a deal to you, but it happened in Athens while we were both students at the University, so I’m counting it.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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All are anniversaries worthy of note
And for no reason other than my near-pathological penchant for dates, I’ll mention that today is also the anniversary of the founding of Kappa Alpha Theta, the first Greek-letter fraternity known among women. The only forced relevance I can impose is that without that fine organization, my mother may not have met my father at the University fifty-something years ago.
I wish I could make the trip to see Dyer’s lecture.
And in 1985...
they tore down the 5th Quarter on Broad Street. Beer drankin’ and foosball ain’t quite been the same. I’m not sure if it happened on January 27th, but the “Quarter” deserves to be remembered.
Abolish directional kicking.
Was it really 1985?
I can remember riding home from football games with my parents and seeing the crowds at the 5th Quarter as we passed. Do I remember people on the roof? But I thought it was gone by the time I got to school in the fall of 1984. If not, I’m sorry I missed out when I still had the opportunity.
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