1. The Georgia Colony was founded on February 12, 1733, but it wasn't until three days later on February 15 that the first settlers arrived at their new home in Savannah. Led by General James Oglethorpe, the group of 114 people included soldiers, sailors, farmers, and their families.

2. In 1879 on February 15, the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta was destroyed by a devastating fire. The cause was never determined, but it was speculated that a gas lamp ignited some methane gas that had built up from the city's sewage system. Reconstruction of the Capitol took four years and cost over $1 million dollars.

3. On February 15, 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Carl Sanders as the governor of Georgia. Sanders was the youngest governor in the nation at the time, and went on to serve two terms from 1963-1967. He is credited with helping to modernize the state's government and education system.

4. The Atlanta Braves baseball team was founded on February 15, 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. The team has since relocated twice, first to Milwaukee in 1953 and then to Atlanta in 1966. The Braves have won three World Series championships and 17 division titles over their long history.

5. Civil rights leader Hosea Williams was born on February 15, 1926, in Attapulgus, Georgia. Williams worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and was one of the leaders of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965. He went on to serve as a member of the Atlanta City Council for many years, and founded the Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless organization which still operates today.