1. On December 9, 1732, Georgia became the last of the original 13 colonies to be granted a charter by the British Crown, creating the Province of Georgia. The charter was signed by King George II, who named the colony after himself.

2. On December 9, 1775, the Georgia Revolutionary Council declared the colony's independence from Great Britain, making Georgia one of the first colonies to do so.

3. In 1824, the Georgia Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the case of Worcester v. Georgia, in which the court ruled that the state of Georgia did not have the authority to regulate the Cherokee Nation or any other Native American tribe within its borders. The decision, which was ignored by the state government and led to the forced removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia, is still cited in modern legal challenges to state authority over indigenous people within their territories.

4. On December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, Union soldiers under the command of General William T. Sherman captured the city of Savannah, Georgia, after a month-long siege. The capture of Savannah, a major port and industrial center, was a significant victory for the Union and helped to solidify their control over the southern states.

5. In 1960, the first sit-in protest in Georgia took place in Atlanta, when a group of African-American students from Atlanta University Center's historic black colleges staged a sit-in at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Atlanta. The protest, which received national attention, led to the desegregation of the city's lunch counters and was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement in Georgia and beyond.