1. On November 19, 1864, General William T. Sherman began his march to the sea from Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War. This campaign marked a significant turning point in the war and helped to secure Union victory.
2. In 1867, the Georgia state legislature elected Rufus Bullock as governor, making him the first Republican governor of the state and the first non-native Georgian to hold the office.
3. On November 19, 1933, the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in a football game that became known as the "clean, old-fashioned hate" rivalry. The Bulldogs won by a score of 14-0.
4. In 1955, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This decision paved the way for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court the following year.
5. On November 19, 1998, the Georgia Peanut Commission unveiled a statue in honor of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia. The statue shows Carter holding a bag of peanuts, which were a major crop in the region during his presidency.