June 9, 1732
Georgia was established as the last of the original 13 British colonies through a royal charter granted by King George II to James Oglethorpe, serving both as a humanitarian refuge and strategic buffer zone.
December 1, 1949
A historic humanitarian airlift operation that evacuated nearly 50,000 Yemenite Jews from Yemen to Israel between 1949 and 1950, saving them from persecution and uncertain future in their homeland.
