1. On November 9, 1954, an airplane carrying then-Governor-elect Marvin Griffin crashed in Atlanta, killing all eight people on board. This tragedy marked a somber moment in Georgia political history.

2. November 9 is also the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. This controversial treaty resulted in the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee people from their ancestral lands in what is now known as the Trail of Tears.

3. In 1974, the Atlanta Braves hired Hank Aaron as their first African American Vice President. Aaron had previously played for the team and was a legendary baseball player.

4. On November 9, 1865, a law was passed in Georgia that abolished slavery and granted African Americans certain legal rights. This law came nearly a year after the end of the Civil War.

5. In 2018, Stacey Abrams made history when she became the first African American woman to win a major party nomination for governor in Georgia. Although she ultimately lost the race, her campaign energized voters and sparked a national conversation about race and politics.