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Georgia Brown, the daughter of Georgia State House of Representatives member Dr George Thaddeus Brown, is born in Georgia, USA. Some time later, Dr. Brown will meet bandleader
Ben Bernie and will tell him that subsequent to the baby girl's birth, the Georgia General Assembly had issued a declaration that she was to be named Georgia after the state. Bennie then had the idea for the song Sweet Georgia Brown which includes the lyric - "Georgia claimed her - Georgia named her." The song is usually listed as having been written in 1925 by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).