| December 18, 1834 |
State of Georgia charters the Georgia Methodists Conference Manuel Labor School in Oxford, Georgia. This would eventually become today's Emory University in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Emory University |
| December 21, 1835 |
Oglethorpe University is chartered in Milledgeville. It moves to Atlanta in 1913
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| September 10, 1837 |
Abbott Hall Brisbane and another man place a stake at the site of the "zero mile marker" for the Western and Atlantic Railroad. The location is at the corner of present-day Wall St. and Central Av. in downtown Atlanta. |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| July 11, 1842 |
A portion of Land Lot 77 is donated by Samuel Mitchell for use by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. These 5 acres, known at the time as "State Square" are now part of Underground Atlanta and the site of the 0 mile marker for the W&ARR
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| September 15, 1845 |
First Augusta to Atlanta train
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| July 22, 1847 |
Mail service from Atlanta to Dalton on the Western and Atlantic Railroad begins
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| December 29, 1847 |
City of Atlanta incorporated
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| January 29, 1848 |
Moses Formwalt elected first mayor of Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 15, 1848 |
John D. Gray Company begins construction of a railroad tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, the final link between Atlanta and Chattanooga
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| May 1, 1849 |
Telegraph connects Macon and Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| February 23, 1850 |
Atlanta charters its first fire company
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| April 15, 1850 |
Large fire in Atlanta destroys Augustus Wheat's warehouses, store, and livery stable in the area of Auburn Ave. This precipated the formation of the Atlanta Fire Department |
| May 9, 1850 |
First Western & Atlantic train passes through the tunnel at Chetoogeta Mountian, completing the link between Atlanta and Chattanooga
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| June 6, 1850 |
First land lot purchased in what will become Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery
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Oakland Cemetery |
| July 4, 1852 |
Presbyterian Church on Marietta St. (on the site of the present-day Federal Reserve) in Atlanta is dedicated. |
| December 22, 1857 |
The Atlantic & LaGrange Railroad is renamed to The Atlanta and West Point Railroad
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| October 30, 1860 |
Stephen Douglas, one of four presidential candidates, speaks in Atlanta against secession
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| June 7, 1862 |
James Andrews (The Great Locomotive Chase) is hung in Atlanta at the present-day intersection of Juniper and Third Street. His body is buried nearby, but later exhumed and moved to the National Cemetery at Chattanooga
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| June 18, 1862 |
Six of Andrew's Raiders are hung at Memorial Drive and Park Avenue, Atlanta.
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| August 12, 1862 |
Atlanta is declared to be under martial law. Travel to and from the city is restricted and controlled.
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Civil War - 1862 |
| December 26, 1862 |
In response to a smallpox epidemic, Atlanta City Council order construction of a smallpox hospital.
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| October 8, 1863 |
Confederate President Jefferson Davis arrives in Atlanta
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Jefferson Davis |
| October 14, 1863 |
Jefferson Davis returns to Atlanta, then leaves heading west.
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Jefferson Davis |
| October 29, 1863 |
Returning from the western states of the Confederacy, President Davis arrives in Atlanta
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Jefferson Davis |
| October 30, 1863 |
Defensive perimeter around Atlanta, built by Col. Lemuel Grant, is completed
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| February 6, 1864 |
Popular Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan receives a hero's welcome when he arrives in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 5, 1864 |
Kennar Garrard secures Roswell Mill, a major objective of William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
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Civil War - 1864 |
| July 22, 1864 |
Battle of Atlanta
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 9, 1864 |
Union Army begins an almost continuous artillery barrage on downtown Atlanta
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| September 2, 1864 |
Mayor James Calhoun surrenders Atlanta to Colonel John Coburn. Coburn had advanced to the present-day corner of Marietta St. and Northside Parkway to scout the city following a series of loud explosions throughout the night. |
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Civil War - 1864 |
| September 5, 1864 |
William Tecumseh Sherman arrives in Atlanta
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| November 9, 1864 |
General William Tecumseh Sherman issues the first orders (Special Orders No. 120), from Kingston, Georgia (Bartow County) directly related to his "March to the Sea." Over the next few days the city of Rome will be destroyed and track from Atlanta to Chattanooga will be torn up, some transported to Tennessee for later use, some twisted into Sherman's hairpins or Sherman's neckties and left by the side of the railroad.
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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March to the Sea |
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Rome, Georgia |
| November 14, 1864 |
Sherman arrives at his Atlanta headquarters with some 45,000 troops. Some 15,000 more join him in the city.
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March to the Sea |
| November 15, 1864 |
City of Atlanta burned under orders from General Sherman during the March to the Sea. A special battering ram was used to destroy the stone and brick railroad depot. Because of the city's size, it took the Union Cavalry nearly a day to complete the task, beginning this evening and completing the task the following afternoon.
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Civil War - 1864 |
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March to the Sea |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| November 16, 1864 |
Sherman leaves Atlanta having reorganized his men into two "wings" of two corps apiece. The Left Wing is commanded by Henry Slocum, the Right Wing by O. O. Howard. Sherman's strategic plan is for the Left Wing to make a feint on Augusta while the Right Wing makes a feint at Macon, forcing the remaining Confederate troops to be split between the two towns.
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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March to the Sea |
| November 20, 1864 |
Henry Slocum spares Madison, Georgia (Morgan County). Joshua Hill, who knew Sherman's brother John, was the last Confederate senator to leave Washington D. C., and had met Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign, rode out to meet Slocum and ask that the town be spared destruction. Slocum granted the request, ordering the town be spared. In spite of the order the town was heavily looted.
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Morgan County, Georgia |
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March to the Sea |
| November 26, 1864 |
Atlanta reoccupied by Confederate forces
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| December 7, 1864 |
Mayor James Calhoun reports the Atlanta City treasury holds $1.64
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| December 10, 1864 |
The Daily Intelligencer returns to Atlanta from Macon
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| July 14, 1865 |
Atlanta National Bank, the first national bank in Georgia (and the Southeastern United States) is proposed by Alfred Austell
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| September 2, 1865 |
Conf. General Alfred Austell establishes Atlanta National Bank
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| December 19, 1865 |
Atlanta National Bank opens its doors. With capital stock of more than $100,000, and the first national bank in the Southeast, Atlanta National gave the Gate City the ability to fund growth. |
| January 19, 1866 |
The Atlanta city council votes to allocate $10,000.00 to deal with an ongoing smallpox epidemic. |
| March 12, 1866 |
Atlanta city limits extended to 1.5 miles from present-day Underground Atlanta.
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| April 12, 1866 |
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce organized as "Board of Trade"
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| March 31, 1867 |
General John Pope arrives by train to the city of Atlanta, marking the second occupation of both Atlanta and Georgia
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| May 28, 1867 |
Morris Rich opens a dry goods store in Atlanta (36 Whitehall)
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| October 9, 1867 |
Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery makes its final purchase of land (total 88 acres).
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Oakland Cemetery |
| October 22, 1867 |
Edmund A. Ware is elected the first president of Atlanta University. |
| February 9, 1868 |
Lucien Lamar Knight born, Atlanta, Georgia
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| April 20, 1868 |
Atlanta becomes Georgia's state capital
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Milledgeville |
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Baldwin County, Georgia |
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Atlanta becomes Georgia's capital |
| June 16, 1868 |
The Atlanta Constitution, founded by Colonel Carey W. Stiles, is published for the first time
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| July 4, 1868 |
The Georgia Legislature meets in Atlanta for the first time.
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| January 12, 1869 |
Kimball Opera House opens for business in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| September 24, 1869 |
A proposal by Dr. Daniel O'Keefe lays out a plan for the establishment of public schools in Atlanta. Under it, a board of Education is elected the following year and some students begin attending school in 1872. |
| May 16, 1871 |
South End Grounds, first home of today's Atlanta Braves, opens in Boston
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| February 28, 1874 |
City limits of Atlanta expanded to 1.5 miles from the Zero Mile Post
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| March 14, 1874 |
Henry Grady publishes an editorial titled The New South in the old Atlanta Herald. In it he calls for creation of a regional economy based on an industrialized South. He later turned these concepts into a stump speech.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| November 1, 1875 |
Earthquake on the South Carolina/Georgia state line felt in Atlanta and Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
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| February 6, 1876 |
The Atlanta Herald is put up for sheriff's sale. The Atlanta Constitution purchases the Herald's subscriber lists and a few other assets.
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| May 3, 1876 |
The Georgia Republican Convention, held in Atlanta, chooses 13 whites and 9 blacks to represent them at the National Republican Convention in Cincinnati. Additionally, a black man, John Emory Bryant, was appointed chainman of the state central committee. |
| May 4, 1876 |
| August 16, 1876 |
At a convention held in Macon, Republicans nominate wealthy Atlanta businessman Jonathan Norcross to run for governor against Alfred Colquitt. |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| October 17, 1876 |
Evan Howell purchases a significant part of the Atlanta Constitution
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| October 18, 1876 |
Having given up on a journalism career in Atlanta, Henry Grady is on the way to the Atlanta passenger depot to catch a train to Augusta and a waiting job. He runs into Evan Howell, who had just purchased a major interest in the Atlanta Constitution. Howell offers Grady a job on the spot and before the train leaves, Grady and Howell are headed for the offices of the Constitution. One of Grady's first hires is Joel Chandler Harris.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| September 22, 1877 |
Rutherford B. Hayes, the first sitting U. S. President to visit Atlanta, addresses a hugh crowd
from the balcony of the Markham House. The hotel was on Loyd St. (Now Central Ave.) |
| December 5, 1877 |
Voters approve the new constitution and affirm the movement of the state capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta
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| June 16, 1878 |
Crawford Long dies in Atlanta, Georgia
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| September 25, 1878 |
The National Weather Service opens an office at the Kimball Opera House in Atlanta. At the time, the building served as the state capital
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National Weather Service
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| October 1, 1878 |
First weather station established in Atlanta at the Kimball House hotel
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| January 29, 1879 |
General William Tecumseh Sherman visits Atlanta.
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| July 1, 1879 |
Atlanta Cotton Factory opens. Gov. Alred H. Colquitt, Mayor William Calhoun, Western and Atlantic President Joseph E. Brown, and Benjamin Conley attend
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
| December 18, 1879 |
Having moved from Augusta, Georgia (where it was known as the Augusta Institute), the Atlanta Baptist Seminary holds opening exercises. In attendance is Governor Alfred Colquitt and Georgia School Commissioner Gustavus Orr. |
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Joseph Thomas Robert |
| October 20, 1880 |
Oglethorpe Park in Atlanta is lit by electric lights
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| October 20, 1880 |
Electric light shown for the first time in Atlanta |
| March 15, 1881 |
H. I. Kimball, who had asked Atlanta to pay for 1/3 of the cost of the show, secures funding for the International Cotton Exposition in 6 hours. |
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| April 11, 1881 |
The Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, a college for African-American women, opens in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church on the corner of Mitchell St. and Haynes St. It will become Spelman College, |
| August 13, 1881 |
Atlanta's Spelman College opens the first nursing school for African-Americans
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| September 19, 1881 |
Vehicles for hire in Atlanta must display a license tag. |
| September 24, 1881 |
Atlanta opens its first telephone exchange
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| October 5, 1881 |
1881 International Cotton Exposition opens at Oglethorpe Park in Atlanta
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| August 12, 1883 |
Kimball House (Atlanta) burns.
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Kimball House, Atlanta, Georgia |
| January 24, 1884 |
24-year old Joseph Jacobs purchases a drug store on Peachtree Street near present-day Underground Atlanta.
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| March 5, 1884 |
Joseph Thomas Robert, instrumental early leader of the Augusta Institute, which moved to Atlanta where it was known as the Atlanta Baptist Seminary and eventually Morehouse College, dies in Atlanta |
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Joseph Thomas Robert |
| July 25, 1884 |
First professional baseball game played in Atlanta (Present-day campus of Georgia Tech). Atlanta defeated Augusta.
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| November 3, 1884 |
The Atlanta Constitution becomes a true daily paper when it publishes its first Monday edition.
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| October 15, 1885 |
Morris Brown College in Atlanta begins classes in a wooden structure on the corner of Boulevard and Houston Streets.
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| May 8, 1886 |
First Coca-Cola served in Jacob's Pharmacy, Atlanta
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John Stith (Styth) Pemberton |
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Coca-Cola |
| May 29, 1886 |
An ad appears for Coca-Cola in the Atlanta Journal. This is the earliest known ad for the soft drink
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John Stith (Styth) Pemberton |
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Coca-Cola |
| September 2, 1886 |
Cornerstone laid for new capitol building in Atlanta
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| October 1, 1886 |
Deadline for bids to a commission studying the creation of Georgia Tech. Those who met the deadline were: Athens and UGA; Atlanta; Macon; Milledgeville; and Penfield, Georgia (site of original Mercer College)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| October 18, 1886 |
Grover Cleveland addresses a crowd from a platform built in front of the Markham Hotel in downtown Atlanta. |
| January 4, 1887 |
Piedmont Driving Club (horses, not cars) in Atlanta is formed by 100 white men (a requirement to join the club)
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Piedmont Park |
| June 1, 1887 |
Future Gov. Hoke Smith buys an interest in the Atlanta Journal and becomes president of the paper
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| October 17, 1887 |
U. S. President Grover Cleveland visits the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta
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Piedmont Park |
| October 22, 1887 |
Piedmont Exposition (Atlanta) is completed.
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| August 16, 1888 |
John Styth Pemberton dies, Atlanta, Georgia. Following a service attended by "every pharmicist in the city of Atlanta," Pemberton's body was returned to Columbus, Georgia |
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John Stith (Styth) Pemberton |
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Columbus, Georgia |
| March 28, 1889 |
George Gress purchases a circus to rescue the starving animals. These animals are the start of the Grant Park Zoo (now ZooAtlanta). |
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ZooAtlanta |
| July 4, 1889 |
Dedication of the new State Capitol in Atlanta
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| August 22, 1889 |
First electric streetcar in Atlanta runs from Edgewood Av. to Inman Park
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| February 2, 1890 |
Long distance service between Atlanta and Chicago is inaugurated
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| March 24, 1890 |
First Lady Caroline Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison) visits Atlanta
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| April 4, 1890 |
Atlanta adds 44 acres to Grant Park
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| August 10, 1890 |
Clio arrives at the Grant Park Zoo. The elephant was purchased through donations by the children of Atlanta |
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ZooAtlanta |
| April 15, 1891 |
U. S. President Benjamin Harrison, who served under General William Tecumseh Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign, visits Atlanta
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| October 21, 1891 |
Atlanta's Henry W. Grady monument is dedicated. A ten-foot bronze statue rests upon a pedestal of Georgia granite
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| February 10, 1892 |
First football game in the state is played at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, between the "state university" and Auburn
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Piedmont Park |
| February 12, 1892 |
The cyclorama "Battle of Atlanta" is displayed at a building on Edgewood Avenue |
| June 1, 1892 |
Grady Hospital in Atlanta accepts its first patients. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 1, 1893 |
Walter Francis White born, Atlanta
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| August 1, 1893 |
Earnest Woodruff buys "The Battle of Atlanta" for $1,100.00 |
| August 13, 1893 |
"Nancy Hanks," Central Railroad and Banking Company (precursor to Central of Georgia) rail service between Savannah and Atlanta is ended because the rails and railbed were too rough for high-speed service. A number of the locomotives had left the tracks.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| April 26, 1894 |
"The Lion of Atlanta," a marble statue depicting a sleeping lion and carved in Canton, Georgia, is unveiled at Oakland Cemetery. |
| May 21, 1894 |
General Philip Cook died, Atlanta, Georgia
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Philip Cook, CSA |
| November 30, 1894 |
Former governor Joseph Emerson Brown dies in Atlanta. |
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
| December 27, 1894 |
Atlanta's Kimball Opera House burns. It had served as the state capitol at one time.
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| September 18, 1895 |
Booker T. Washington makes his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the opening of the 1895 Piedmont Cotton Exposition (Atlanta).
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Piedmont Park |
| October 8, 1895 |
The Liberty Bell arrives from Philadelphia to be displayed at Atlanta's Piedmont Cotton Exposition
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Piedmont Park |
| October 15, 1895 |
Two inventors, C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrate the "Phontoscope," a primative version of a motion picture projector at the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta
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Piedmont Park |
| October 21, 1895 |
On "Negro Day" at the Atlanta Exposition, Professor John Wesley Edward Bowen expounds on the achievements of African Americans, including a plea for education and a vision of a "new Negro" who has the desire and potential to aid further in building the nation.
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| October 27, 1895 |
President Grover Cleveland visits the Piedmont Exposition (Atlanta)
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Piedmont Park |
| May 26, 1896 |
W. E. B DuBois, then a professor at Atlanta University, opens a conference on the living conditions of urban blacks
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| December 2, 1896 |
A storm delivers 6 inches of snow to Atlanta. |
| January 1, 1897 |
Atlanta University and Tuskegee Institute square off in the first college football game between African-American schools. Atlanta University won. |
| December 18, 1897 |
Fletcher Henderson (Jazz musician) is born in Atlanta
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Fletcher Henderon |
| March 12, 1898 |
George Gress donates the Battle of Atlanta, a cyclorama, to the city of Atlanta |
| July 23, 1898 |
Following a two hour thunderstorm that dumped more than 4 inches of rain on Atlanta, Union Station is flooded with more than a foot of water
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| September 5, 1898 |
Burton Smith and friends charter the Atlanta Athletic Club. Its first clubhouse was on Edgewood Avenue.
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| December 14, 1898 |
U. S. President William McKinnley visits Atlanta
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| February 2, 1899 |
Andrew Carnegie agrees to give Atlanta $100,000 to build and provision a library. The city agrees to find and donate land on which to build the library, and to provide ongoing funding of the institution. |
| October 1, 1900 |
The Atlanta Daily News begins publication.
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| November 8, 1900 |
Author Margaret Mitchell, who penned "Gone With The Wind" is born, Atlanta, GA
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 1, 1901 |
After a year of operations, the Atlanta Daily News ceases publication
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| March 17, 1902 |
Golfer Bobby (Robert Tyre) Jones born, Atlanta, Georgia. |
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Bobby Jones |
| December 9, 1902 |
Immense early morning fire destroys several blocks of downtown Atlanta businesses in a blaze that can be seen 30 miles away
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| February 10, 1903 |
The Atlanta Joint Terminal Company was organized by Southern Railway, the Central of Georgia Railroad, and the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. |
| August 9, 1903 |
"Bill Arp's" last letter appears in the Atlanta Journal
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| July 15, 1905 |
Trolley service is inaugurated between Atlanta and Marietta. The 12 mile run takes roughly 30 minutes |
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Marietta, GA |
| October 20, 1905 |
President Theodore Roosevelt visits Roswell (Roswell, Georgia history) and Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia history). The President's train stopped at Chamblee (Roswell Station), where he boarded the train to Roswell. He crossed the Chattahoochee River and visited both Bulloch Hall and Roswell Square, where he made brief comments. Roosevelt then had lunch at the Piedmont Driving Club (now Piedmont Park) and spoke at Georgia Tech before leaving for Jacksonville, Florida later that evening.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Piedmont Park |
| January 4, 1906 |
The 17-story Candler Building in Atlanta is dedicated
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| March 12, 1906 |
Andrew Carnegie donates $20,000 for the construction of a new library in Atlanta
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| May 23, 1907 |
The Atlanta Crackers begin playing at Ponce de Leon park. 8,000 fans welcome them to their new $60,000 stadium
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| January 1, 1908 |
Atlanta becomes a "dry" town. Liquor sales are restricted.
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| May 8, 1908 |
Fire near Terminal Station in Atlanta destroys a block of buildings. Buildings between Mitchell, Nelson, South Forsyth and Madison (now Spring St.) are a complete loss. Estimated property damage exceeds $1.2 million |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 8, 1908 |
Terminal Block Fire. Fire breaks out at the Schlesinger Candy Factory and destroys 30 buildings in downtown Atlanta including the Terminal Hotel |
| June 19, 1908 |
The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad (AB &A) inaugurates service to Atlanta and is welcomed with a speech by Asa Chandler. It is the last railroad to come into Atlanta. Renamed A. B. & C. in 1927 it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line in 1947. |
| July 3, 1908 |
Joel Chandler Harris dies, Atlanta, Georgia
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Joel Chandler Harris |
| July 4, 1908 |
East Lake Country Club, Atlanta, opens. It is owned by the Atlanta Athletic Club and managed by Robert P. Jones (father of Bobby Jones)
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Bobby Jones |
| October 25, 1909 |
A New York-to-Atlanta road race, sponsored by the New York Herald and the Atlanta Journal, begins on Broadway |
| November 3, 1909 |
The New York-to-Atlanta road race culminates on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. |
| November 6, 1909 |
Atlanta becomes the third city to host an N. A. A. M. sanctioned automobile exhibition. Opened by Chamber of Commerce president Asa Candler, the meeting was attended by Henry Ford, Ransom E. Olds, Charles E. Duryea, Benjamin Briscoe and John N. Willys, each of whom will speak during the weeklong affair. |
| July 21, 1910 |
Construction begins on Atlanta's Georgian Terrace
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 26, 1910 |
Allen Daniel Candler dies of Bright's disease, Atlanta
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| October 2, 1911 |
Georgian Terrace, Atlanta opens
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 11, 1911 |
Allen G. Newman's Peace Monument, a symbol of the reconciliation that occurred between the North and the South is dedicated at Atlanta's Piedmont Park
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Piedmont Park |
| September 24, 1912 |
Druid Hills Golf Club opens in Atlanta
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| April 27, 1913 |
The body of Mary Phagan, bloody, broken, possibly sexually assaulted, was found in the basement of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta. Newt Lee, who found the body, is arrested.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| October 30, 1913 |
Winecoff Hotel opens, 176 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. At 16 stories, it is the tallest building in the city.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel |
| December 17, 1913 |
Atlanta's Capitol City Club, on the corner of Peachtree and Harris St. opens for business. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 20, 1914 |
79 workers walk off the job at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 26, 1914 |
In a letter to the editor, an Atlanta Constitution reader suggests carving a monument to the Confederacy at Stone Mountain
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Stone Mountain |
| June 14, 1914 |
In the Atlanta Georgian, John Temple Graves, editor of the New York American, calls for the creation of a memorial to the men who fought for the Confederacy. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Stone Mountain |
| August 11, 1914 |
Last game is play at South End Grounds, Boston, first home of Atlanta Braves
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| September 30, 1915 |
Lester Maddox is born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Lester Maddox |
| December 6, 1915 |
Ku Klux Klan parade down Peachtree Street following the premiere of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation at the Atlanta Theater
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| March 5, 1916 |
Earthquake strikes 30 miles southeast of Atlanta
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Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
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| May 21, 1917 |
Atlanta Fire destroys 300 acres of homes and businesses totaling 1938 structures. Although 10,000 people were displaced by the fire no one was killed.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 25, 1920 |
Atlanta records a tempurature of 32 degrees, the latest freeze in its history. It also received over an inch of snow
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 20, 1920 |
Actor DeForest Kelley born, Atlanta, Georgia
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DeForest Kelley |
| November 2, 1920 |
Prisoner #9653 at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary got 919,799 votes in the U. S. Presidential election. His name was Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 17, 1920 |
First meeting of the Lions Club in Georgia (Atlanta)
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| March 15, 1922 |
Broadcasting to an estimated 1,000 radio sets in the Atlanta area, WSB (Welcome South, Brother) becomes the first radio station in the South. The Atlanta Journal had received permission to begin broadcasting that afternoon. Those tuned in heard a jazz redition of the Light Cavalry Overture. Broadcast power was 100 watts
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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WSB Atlanta |
| March 17, 1922 |
The radio station that will become WGST goes on the air. It is owned by The Atlanta Constitution
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 13, 1922 |
Atlanta's WSB raises its broadcast power to 500 watts
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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WSB Atlanta |
| June 15, 1922 |
Marcus Garvey meets with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Edward Young Clarke, in Atlanta.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| February 2, 1923 |
Poet/writer James Dickey born, Atlanta (Piedmont Hospital), Georgia
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James Dickey |
| July 28, 1923 |
Dial telephone service begins in Atlanta
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| September 7, 1923 |
Mae Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA, born, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Louise Suggs |
| September 9, 1923 |
Stadium at Ponce de Leon park burns, destroying most of the Atlanta Crackers uniforms.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| January 0, 1924 |
WBBF, Atlanta, (now WGST) licensed
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| February 3, 1924 |
Former President Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Augusta and practiced law in Atlanta, died in Washington, D. C.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Woodrow Wilson |
| May 2, 1924 |
WDBE, owned by the Gilham-Schoen Electric Company, Gordon St., Atlanta, is licensed
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| September 9, 1924 |
Army Air Service tells the city of Atlanta they must have a airfield in order to retain the headquarters of the Fourth Corps area |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| December 2, 1924 |
Cartoonist Jack Davis born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 11, 1924 |
Asa Candler offers Candler Race Track for Atlanta to use as an airfield if they will pay the taxes. |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| February 3, 1925 |
The Atlanta Aero Club, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Junior Chamber, the Atlanta Woman's Club,the American Legion, the Greater Atlanta Club and others announce support of a landing field in Atlanta. |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| February 8, 1925 |
After his arrest at the 125th Street Station in New York City, Marcus Garvey is taken to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to serve a sentence for his mail fraud conviction
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| February 13, 1925 |
Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler offers the site of the Atlanta Speedway to the city of Atlanta for use as an airport for a second time.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| February 14, 1925 |
US Senator Walter George tells Atlanta mayor Walter Sims that an air route through Atlanta to Florida, and perhaps Panama, is being considered. |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| February 15, 1925 |
Atlanta mayor Walter Sims accepts the offer of Candler Field from Asa Candler |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| March 16, 1925 |
Atlanta's Board of Alderman accept Asa Candler's offer of Candler Field to become Atlanta Airport
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 20, 1925 |
William B. Hartsfield appointed head of committee to oversee Atlanta Airport operations
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| May 22, 1925 |
Dean Rusk graduates from Boys High School, Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Dean Rusk
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| February 9, 1926 |
Atlanta forbids the teaching of evolution in public schools
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 8, 1926 |
Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High (Mrs. Joseph Madison High) donates the land on which her house is built for the express purpose of building an art museum in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 2, 1926 |
Sears Roebuck on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta opens its doors for business |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| September 15, 1926 |
Air mail flights to Atlanta Airport (C. A. M. 10) begin
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 31, 1926 |
Last Atlanta flight of C. A. M 10. There was not enought business to support the Atlanta to Miami route.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| July 18, 1927 |
Post Office advertises for bids for the Atlanta-New Orleans route (C. A. M. 23).
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 11, 1927 |
100,000 people watch as "Lucky Lindy" parade's from Atlanta's Candler Field to Georgia Tech's Grant Field, where 20,000 hear him deliver a speech, shortly after his non-stop solo flight to Paris
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| October 18, 1927 |
Post Office calls for bids on Atlanta-Miami route abandoned by Florida Air
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| November 18, 1927 |
Having spent nearly three years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Marcus Garvey's sentence is commuted by President Calvin Coolidge. He is taken to New Orleans, where he is deported.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| November 19, 1927 |
Pitcairn Air wins Miami to Atlanta contract
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| January 31, 1928 |
Legendary R&B singer Chuck Willis is born, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Chuck Willis |
| May 1, 1928 |
Atlanta to New York and Atlanta to New Orleans air mail service is launched
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 14, 1928 |
Cornerstone laid for Fox Theater, Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| November 1, 1928 |
National Weather Service establishes an office at the Atlanta Airport
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National Weather Service
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| March 12, 1929 |
Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler dies, Atlanta
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Asa Griggs Chandler |
| April 13, 1929 |
Harry M. Paschal, acting as Asa Candler's agent, receives a check for $94,000 from the city of Atlanta as payment in full for Candler Field
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| July 10, 1929 |
Pitcairn Avaition, which manufactured planes and ran an Atlanta mail route, changes its name to Eastern Air Transport |
| December 25, 1929 |
Atlanta's Fox Theater opens
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| January 24, 1930 |
Rebecca Latimer Felton dies, Atlanta
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Rebecca Latimer Felton |
| March 4, 1930 |
Blaze levels hanger at Atlanta Airport, destroying twenty aircraft
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 18, 1930 |
Atlanta's "new" Union Station opens for business. The facility on Forsyth Street replaced an earlier Union Station on the corner of Pryor and Wall Street. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 31, 1930 |
"Number 2" course opens at East Lake Country Club, Atlanta
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| June 12, 1930 |
Delta Air Lines begin regularly scheduled service to Atlanta from Dallas, Texas
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Delta Air Lines
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| October 15, 1930 |
Plane leaves Atlanta on first leg of historic flight to Los Angeles along the so-called "southern route."
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| October 17, 1930 |
Plant Atkinson, a coal-fired power plant, is introduced by Georgia Power. It is named for Georgia Power President, Atlanta civic leader and philanthropist Henry Morrell Atkinson |
| December 9, 1930 |
Service from Atlanta to New York inaugurated with a who's who list of names including New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Georgia Gov-elect Richard B. Russell, U.S. Senator Walter George (Georgia), and Ernie Pyle. Regular service began the following day.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| August 29, 1931 |
Celebration is held on St. Simons Island for the completion of a highway from Atlanta to Brunswick, GA. This meant it was now possible to travel to most cities on paved road.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 25, 1932 |
John Cohen, publisher of the Atlanta Journal, is selected as interim U. S. Senator to fill the vacancy created by the death of William Harris earlier in the month.
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| May 4, 1932 |
Al Capone, convicted on tax evasion charges, entered Atlanta Penitentiary.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 4, 1932 |
American Airlines (Airways at the time) inaugurates its "Gulf State Mail" flight, taking air mail from Atlanta to New Orleans and Houston. |
| October 24, 1932 |
On a swing through Georgia, presidential candidate Frankiln Delano Roosevelt speaks in Atlanta. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| June 12, 1934 |
New airmail contracts are made permanent, with Delta and Eastern gaining top seats at Atlanta Airport
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| July 4, 1934 |
Delta begins air mail service from Charleston to Fort Worth, including Atlanta, Augusta and other stops in Georgia.
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Delta Air Lines
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| July 4, 1934 |
Delta begins air mail service from Atlanta to Charleston, South Carolina
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| September 3, 1934 |
Atlanta airplane pioneer Doug Davis dies from injuries received from a crash during an air race in Cleveland, Ohio
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| December 1, 1934 |
Atlanta Airport becomes the official home of the National Weather Service in Atlanta
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National Weather Service
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| August 15, 1935 |
Vernon Jordan born at Grady Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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Vernon Jordan |
| November 29, 1935 |
In Warm Springs for Thanksgiving, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stops in Atlanta on his return trip to Washington D. C., speaking at Techwood Homes, Atlanta University and Piedmont Park
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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Piedmont Park |
| February 12, 1936 |
John Wesley Dobbs calls for a "political reawakening" of Atlanta's black voters from the pulpit of Big Bethel A. M. E Church.
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The Road to Integration
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| April 19, 1936 |
Atlanta holds its first Dogwood Festival |
| March 20, 1937 |
Entertainer Jerry Reed (Hubbard) is born in Atlanta, Georgia |
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Jerry Reed |
| March 25, 1937 |
While researching the movie George Cukor and his staff spoke with Atlanta historian/painter Wilbur Kurtz. He is hired as technical director.
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Gone With The Wind
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| August 1, 1937 |
WAGA (Atlanta) is established to handle NBC's Blue Network programs. Until this time, WSB would alternately carry the Red Network and the Blue Network.
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WSB Atlanta |
| May 16, 1938 |
Terminal Hotel on the corner of Spring and Mitchell Street in Atlanta burns, killing 34.
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| May 16, 1938 |
Atlanta's Terminal Hotel destroyed by fire. 34 people die. |
| December 10, 1938 |
"The Burning of Atlanta" is filmed on backlots of MGM, in Los Angeles, California
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Gone With The Wind
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| January 18, 1939 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt establishes the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge between Atlanta and Macon. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| May 30, 1939 |
Mayor William Hartsfield announces major improvements to Atlanta Airport (Candler Field) after two planes run off the runways earlier in 1939
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 7, 1939 |
At Rich's Department Store in downtown Atlanta, pianist and popular radio show host Art Gillham performs on the first demonstration of television in the Southeast United States. |
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Art Gillham |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 19, 1939 |
Atlanta is one of twelve hubs when the national air traffic control network begins operation
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 15, 1939 |
Atlanta is the site for the premiere of "Gone With The Wind," the classic American romance
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Gone With The Wind
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| January 21, 1940 |
Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, becomes part of Emory University and cornerstone of the new medical program
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Emory University |
| January 23, 1940 |
Ten inches of snow covers Atlanta, largest recorded snow to date
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 3, 1940 |
Henry Flipper dies of a heart attack in the home of his brother, Bishop Joseph S. Flipper, Atlanta
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| September 4, 1940 |
Hartsfield loses race to remain Atlanta's mayor
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William B. Hartsfield loses Atlanta mayor's race |
| October 4, 1940 |
Atlanta Airport declared an air base
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 14, 1940 |
Improvements ordered to Atlanta Airport by the WPA. In the following year the airport is virtually rebuilt
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| November 23, 1940 |
Dedication of Joel Hurt Park, Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| January 27, 1941 |
Delta announces that Atlanta will be the home to its fleet
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Delta Air Lines
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| March 1, 1941 |
Delta moves its operations to Atlanta to better serve its two routes, Atlanta to Cincinnati and Atlanta to Savannah
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Delta Air Lines
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 7, 1941 |
Ku Klux Klan holds a convention in Atlanta. All but ten states are represented
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| November 1, 1941 |
CAA takes over the control tower at Atlanta Airport (Now Hartsfield International Airport)
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 7, 1941 |
Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Atlanta Mayor Roy LeGraw, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia National Guard, informs the city council he intends to resign when assigned to active duty
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| February 27, 1942 |
Martha Berry dies, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Martha Berry |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 9, 1942 |
Singer Tommy Roe born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Tommy Roe |
| August 24, 1942 |
U. S. Senator Max Cleland born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Max Cleland
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| May 28, 1944 |
Gladys Knight born, Atlanta
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Gladys Knight |
| October 13, 1944 |
The Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site (abolished, 1950) is created
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| December 11, 1944 |
Brenda Mae Tarpley (Brenda Lee) is born at Grady Hospital in Atlanta (grew up in Lithonia)
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Brenda Lee
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| March 29, 1945 |
Basketball star Walt Frazier born, Atlanta
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| April 13, 1945 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral train stops in Atlanta to change engines on the way to Washington, D. C. Thousands turn out to say a final good-bye to the President. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| July 1, 1946 |
The Centers for Disease Control, Communicable Disease Center is organized in Atlanta
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| August 6, 1946 |
The Atlanta Constitution publishes Martin Luther King's letter to the editor in which the future civil rights leader calls for "basic rights and opportunities" for blacks.
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The Road to Integration
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Martin Luther King
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| November 4, 1946 |
Gov. Ellis Arnell, during an interview with Atlanta Constitution reporter Celestine Sibley, announces a four-point program to help rid the state of groups such as the Colombians
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The Colombians |
| December 7, 1946 |
119 people lose their lives in the worst hotel disaster in the United States when Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel burned. The hotel had 15 stories, but Atlanta fire-fighting equipment could not handle any building taller than 8 stories
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Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| February 15, 1947 |
Emory Burke and Homer Loomis are found guilty on various charges stemming from the activities of The Colombians, an Atlanta-based racist group
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The Colombians |
| May 2, 1947 |
JoAnn Pflug born, Atlanta, Georgia
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JoAnn Pflug |
| June 21, 1947 |
Inaugural run of "Man o' War" rail service between Columbus and Atlanta on the Central of Georgia Railway
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Columbus, Georgia |
| December 25, 1947 |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution moves to a new building at 143 Alabama St.
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| May 9, 1948 |
New passenger terminal/hanger opens at Atlanta Airport. Its theme was taken from a book by Joel Chandler Harris, one of Atlanta's favorite writers, Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings. A black employee sat on a bale of cotton outside the door and recited quotes from the book. At the time Atlanta Airport was ranked 7th in air line operations, actually reaching first place a couple of months each year.
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| August 11, 1949 |
After enjoying drinks at the Atlanta Women's Club Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh cross Peachtree Street at 13th Street to a movie theater showing "Canterbury Tales." She is hit by a speeding taxi whose driver is drunk.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 16, 1949 |
Margaret Mitchell pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. She is later buried at Oakland Cemetery.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Oakland Cemetery |
| December 11, 1949 |
"Fiddlin'" John Carson died, Atlanta, Georgia
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
| May 15, 1950 |
State of Georgia presents a medal to the son of William Fuller in recognition of his father's efforts during the Great Locomotive Chase. The ceremony takes place at the Cyclorama in Atlanta. |
| January 1, 1952 |
Culminating a dream of Mayor William B. Hartsfield, Atlanta expands the city limits, annexing more than 118 square miles of land. Total population increased by more than 100,000 people and Atlanta rose from 32nd to the 23rd most populus city in the United States. |
| April 2, 1952 |
The cost of pay phones in Atlanta goes from 5 cents to a dime
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| April 25, 1952 |
Russell "officially" begins his campaign with a dinner at Atlanta's Biltmore Hotel
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| July 21, 1952 |
African-American comedian George Wallace is born, Atlanta, Georgia
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| September 1, 1952 |
A spate of UFO sightings riled people in Atlanta and Marietta
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Marietta, GA |
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UFO sightings in Marietta and Atlanta |
| November 11, 1953 |
Richard B. Russell predicts the Supreme Court will end segregation at an Armistice Day gathering in Atlanta
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| December 11, 1953 |
In a front page editorial appearing in the Atlanta Constitution, Ralph McGill predicts the Supreme Court will declare school segregation unconstitutional. In the editorial, McGill states that the Court had no option other than interpreting the 14th amendment the way it was written.
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The Road to Integration
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| February 21, 1954 |
Nelson Robert Duncan, who was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list is apprehended in Atlanta, Georgia by police who were investigating an open skylight in a local grocery store. Duncan was attempting to burglarize the store safe.
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| April 30, 1954 |
National Weather Service office in downtown Atlanta closes
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National Weather Service
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| November 18, 1954 |
Ray Charles, in an Atlanta, Georgia studio, records "I Got a Woman," blending rhythm and blues and gospel for the first time, forming the roots of soul music. |
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Ray Charles |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 21, 1955 |
Atlanta phone numbers begin an expansion to 7 digits
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| January 20, 1956 |
Branch Rickey described the problems he faced after his decision to integrate the Brooklyn Dodgers by signing Jackie Robinson in a speech in Atlanta, Georgia
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| June 8, 1956 |
The Great Locomotive Chase, starring Fess Parker, Jeff Hunter and Jeff York opens at Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta. Much of the action was filmed on the Tallulah Falls Railroad in northeast Georgia. |
| July 2, 1956 |
Diocese of Atlanta is established
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| November 18, 1956 |
Atlanta phone numbers are all 7 digits long
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| April 10, 1958 |
R&B singer Chuck Willis died in Atlanta, Georgia from peritonitis. He was barely 30 years old.
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Chuck Willis |
| May 27, 1958 |
Wayne Williams is born in Atlanta
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 6, 1958 |
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy born, Atlanta
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| October 12, 1958 |
The Reform Jewish Temple in Atlanta is destroyed, dynamited by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| December 15, 1958 |
Atlanta City Council approves the largest single expenditure in its history, almost 10 million dollars for a new airport. It is completed in 1961
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| June 16, 1959 |
United States District Court Judge Frank H. Hooper rules that although he does not have the power to order integration, he does have the power to end segregation. He orders the Atlanta City Schools to desegregate
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Frank A. Hooper |
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The Road to Integration
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| July 27, 1959 |
William Shea, a wealthy New York attorney, announces the formation of the Continental League, slated to begin play in 1961. Atlanta is one of the cities in which Shea wants to put a baseball team. |
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| January 18, 1960 |
City of Atlanta approves plan to desegregate schools
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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The Road to Integration
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| May 9, 1960 |
Judge Hooper sets a deadline for the desegregation of Atlanta schools at May 1, 1961
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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Frank A. Hooper |
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The Road to Integration
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| May 23, 1960 |
The crash of a Delta Air Lines Convair CV-880 during a training flight at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta kills 4 people
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Delta Air Lines
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| June 6, 1960 |
I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee peaks at #1 on Billboard's Top 40 chart. The flip side, "All You Gotta Do," written by fellow Atlantan Jerry Reed, would later make it to #9 on the Billboard Pop Chart.
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Brenda Lee
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| July 31, 1960 |
Atlanta Motor Speedway holds the Dixie 300, its first NASCAR sanctioned race. The racetrack had been completed earlier this year.
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| October 2, 1960 |
Duluth added to Metro Atlanta telephone calling area
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| October 2, 1960 |
Marietta added to the Metro Atlanta telephone calling area
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| October 2, 1960 |
Long distance direct dial (Direct Distance Dialing or DDD) service goes into effect in Atlanta.
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| October 19, 1960 |
During a sit-in at a Rich's lunch counter in Atlanta, Rev. Martin Luther King is arrested.
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The Road to Integration
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Martin Luther King
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| January 9, 1961 |
Bootle stays his ruling forcing the University of Georgia to desegregate. Bootle's stay is ruled "improvidently granted" by an Atlanta judge. Vernon Jordan is told to escort Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes to UGA to register for class. Georgia Governor Earnest Vandiver, who is required by law to close integrated schools does so in a way that UGA can keep operating at least for a few days: He cuts off state funding.
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
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The Road to Integration
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| April 2, 1961 |
Powder Springs added to the Metro Atlanta telephone calling area
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| April 2, 1961 |
Alpharetta added to the Metro Atlanta telephone calling area
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| April 13, 1961 |
Judy Garland, appearing at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, sings Over the Rainbow as her first encore
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| June 6, 1961 |
Art Gillham dies of a heart attack, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Art Gillham |
| November 2, 1961 |
Temperature in Atlanta reaches 84 degrees, the warmest ever in November
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| February 2, 1962 |
Edward Wayne Edwards, on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, is arrested in Atlanta
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| February 21, 1962 |
Diocese of Atlanta become an Archdiocese with the appointment of Most Rev. Paul J. Hallinan, D.D. as archbishop
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| May 9, 1962 |
106 members and friends of the Atlanta Art Association begin a month-long tour of Europe. Crash at Orly Airport - The Day Atlanta Died |
| June 3, 1962 |
Air France jet carrying 106 Atlanta civic and cultural leaders crashed during take-off at Orly Airport in Paris, France. Crash at Orly Airport - The Day Atlanta Died |
| October 19, 1962 |
Boxer Evander Holyfield born, Atlanta
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| January 29, 1964 |
Dallas (Georgia) added to the Metro Atlanta telephone calling area
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| March 5, 1964 |
Milwaukee Braves owners complete negotiations to move the team to Atlanta, Georgia.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| April 15, 1964 |
Work begins on Atlanta Stadium, later known as Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium because the city needed financial help to complete the structure.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 23, 1964 |
Ground is broken for improving runways at Atlanta Airport by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
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| June 12, 1964 |
The Atlanta Times newspaper publishes its first issue
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| October 5, 1964 |
Heart of Atlanta v. U. S., the landmark case that expanded the "commerce clause" of the U. S. Constitution, is argued. |
| October 14, 1964 |
William Bartholomay announces the Braves move to Atlanta
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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William Bartholomay announces the Braves are moving to Atlanta |
| October 14, 1964 |
Lawrenceville added to the Metro Atlanta telephone calling area
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| October 14, 1964 |
Buford added to the Metro Atlanta calling area
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| December 14, 1964 |
In Heart of Atlanta v. U. S.The U. S. Supreme Court upholds the Civil Right Act of 1964. The "commerce clause" does allow Congress to regulate local commerce, noting the bill was "limited to enterprises having a direct and substantial relation to the interstate flow of goods and people" |
| June 30, 1965 |
National Football League awards a franchise to Atlanta. Owner Rankin Smith, Jr. pays 8.5 million dollars for a team that will eventually be known as the Atlanta Falcons.
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Atlanta Falcons |
| August 18, 1965 |
The Beatles appear at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 29, 1965 |
"Falcons" is chosen as the name of the Atlanta team. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| August 31, 1965 |
The Atlanta Times announces its own demise.
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| September 9, 1965 |
The Atlanta Falcons announce the signing of their first two players, halfback Bob Paremore (St. Louis Cardinals) and Gary Barnes (Chicago Bears), a split end. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| November 27, 1965 |
Atlanta Falcons participate in their first NFL draft, selecting University of Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis as the first-round draft choice. He is the first player drafted in franchise history.
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Atlanta Falcons |
| December 12, 1965 |
Tommy Nobis is signed by the Atlanta Falcons
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Atlanta Falcons |
| February 16, 1966 |
The Atlanta Falcons round out their roster with an additional 42 players via a supplimental league draft. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| April 12, 1966 |
First ball game played by the Atlanta Braves in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in front of 51,000 fans
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 20, 1966 |
Now an Atlanta Brave, Aaron hits his 400th home run
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Hank Aaron
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| June 8, 1966 |
The American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) agree to a merger. Atlanta becomes part of the Western Division of the NFL |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| August 1, 1966 |
Falcons play their first (preseason) game in Atlanta.
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Atlanta Falcons |
| August 1, 1966 |
Atlanta Falcons play the first professional pre-season game at Atlanta Stadium (later the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). They lose to Philadelphia 9-7 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| September 6, 1966 |
Atlanta, The City Too Busy to Hate erupts in race riots resulting from a century of black oppression
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The Road to Integration
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| September 11, 1966 |
Atlanta Falcons play their first regular season game at Atlanta Stadium. They lose to the Los Angeles Rams, 19-14 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| September 28, 1966 |
Lillian Smith dies, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Lillian Smith |
| November 20, 1966 |
The Atlanta Falcons defeat the New York Giants, 27-16, marking the first victory in franchise history (they had lost 9 games by this time)
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Atlanta Falcons |
| April 17, 1967 |
Marquis Grissom born, Atlanta
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Marquis Grissom |
| April 9, 1968 |
Martin Luther King's funeral is held in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Lester Maddox, governor of the state at the time, refuses to close the state government in honor of the slain Civil Rights leader, or attend the funeral. Maddox felt King was an "enemy of the country." The governor additionally stationed 64 riot-helmeted state troopers at the entrances of the capitol to protect "the property of the state." |
| April 9, 1968 |
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Lester Maddox |
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Martin Luther King
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| October 8, 1968 |
The Shade (1880), a sculpture by artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is donated to the Woodruff Arts Center (formerly the Atlanta Arts Association) in memory of the 122 members of the Association who died in an airplane crash at Orly Field, June 3, 1962 |
| August 25, 1969 |
Design plans for Atlanta's I-485 are approved by the Federal Highway Administration
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| October 6, 1969 |
Entering the post-season for the first time in Atlanta, the Braves lose to the New York Mets, 3 games to 0.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| January 1, 1970 |
Atlanta UHF Channel 17, WJRJ becomes WTCG (Turner Communications Group
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Ted Turner |
| May 16, 1970 |
"Man o' War," Central of Georgia rail service between Columbus and Atlanta ends.
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Columbus, Georgia |
| June 22, 1970 |
In a ballroom of the American Hotel in Atlanta, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers, both of which had Georgia roots, were combined into a single organization
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| October 26, 1970 |
With people like Bill Cosby and Coretta Scott King watching, Muhammad Ali defeats Jerry Quarry by a knockout in the 3rd round in front of a packed house of 5,000 at the old Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta
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| February 27, 1971 |
Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas born, Atlanta
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TLC |
| February 28, 1971 |
Atlanta Airport is renamed William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Airport
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| April 30, 1971 |
Last passenger service run between Macon and Atlanta (on the Nancy Hanks) |
| July 1, 1971 |
First international flight arrives at Hartsfield, from Mexico. Atlanta's Board of Alders (now the city council) vote to rename the field William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport
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| November 9, 1971 |
Referendum passes, allowing the start of MARTA, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rail Transit System
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| December 18, 1971 |
Bobby Jones, 69, dies, Atlanta, Georgia
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Bobby Jones |
| April 15, 1972 |
The Atlanta Braves premier on WTCG
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| July 25, 1972 |
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game held at Atlanta Stadium. Hank Aaron hit a two-run homer to left in the sixth inning, gaving the NL a 2-1 lead. The National League won the game in 10 innings, 4-3 |
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Hank Aaron
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| October 10, 1972 |
The Atlanta Hawks premier on WTCG
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| October 31, 1972 |
Actor Chris Tucker born, Atlanta |
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Chris Tucker |
| January 8, 1973 |
Ice fell in Atlanta and north Georgia, followed by an unusual 96 hour below freezing period. Restoring power took more than a week.
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| September 16, 1973 |
The Atlanta Falcons defeat the New Orleans Saints by a score of 62-7, the biggest win in franchise history.
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Atlanta Falcons |
| October 16, 1973 |
Maynard Jackson becomes the first African-American Mayor of Atlanta. Thomas Bradley (Los Angeles) and Coleman Young (Detroit) were also elected mayors this year.
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| December 9, 1973 |
Speaker of the house George L. Smith dies, Atlanta
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George Leon Smith II |
| October 30, 1974 |
Groundbreaking of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta
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| January 2, 1975 |
Fox Theater, Atlanta, closes its doors.
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| February 19, 1975 |
Groundbreaking of Marta's (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) Rail System. Initial work done on Marta's East Line.
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| March 2, 1975 |
Sometimes called The Governor's Tornado, Atlanta's upscale north side, including the Governor's mansion, bears the brunt of tornadoes that killed three and caused 56 million dollars in damage
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| May 27, 1975 |
OutKast member Andre Lauren Benjamin born, Atlanta, Georgia
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OutKast |
| October 29, 1975 |
Linda Ronstadt opens the Fox Theater in Atlanta, ten months after the theater had been closed "for good." Atlanta Landmarks borrowed $1.8 million to buy the building and initiated the Save the Fox campaign.
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| January 1, 1976 |
Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Ted Turner |
| February 5, 1976 |
A recruit falls ill at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and dies the following day. Under orders from Gerald Ford, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta launches an inoculation project against "swine flu," the disease responsible for 20 million deaths in 1918-1919.
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| July 7, 1976 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd begins a three-night performance at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. The recording is released as One More from the Road, a live double album, and released in September. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| July 20, 1976 |
Two members of the American Legion become ill with an unknown disease during a convention in Philadelphia. The CDC in Atlanta will eventually call this illness Legionnaires Disease
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| September 23, 1976 |
Actor Kip Pardue born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Kevin Ian 'Kip' Pardue |
| December 17, 1976 |
WTCG, Channel 17 (Atlanta), owned and operated by Ted Turner, begins to uplink its signal to a satellite transponder and give it to cable operators across the country for free. It is the first "Superstation"
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Ted Turner |
| December 17, 1976 |
The first of the so-called "Superstations" begins broadcasting from Atlanta as WTBS (owned by Ted Turner)
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Ted Turner |
| January 16, 1977 |
First in a series of three "Lover's Lane" shootings in Adams Park (Atlanta) claim the lives of LaBrian Lovett and Veronica Hill.
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| January 28, 1977 |
Turner Communications purchases controlling interest in the Atlanta Hawks
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Ted Turner |
| February 12, 1977 |
The Lover's Lane Murderer strikes again, at West Manor Park in Atlanta. The couple is seriously injured, but live to tell of an attack by a large black male
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| April 4, 1977 |
Southern Airways Flight 242, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed during a hailstorm while attempting an emergency landing on a two-lane highway near New Hope, Georgia (west of Atlanta)
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| September 6, 1977 |
Larry Gene Campbell is arrested in Atlanta, Georgia after a neighbor spots his picture on a wanted posted at the local post office. He had been one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted
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| July 28, 1978 |
Two black children found murdered in southwest Atlanta begin a killing spree known as the Atlanta Child Murders
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| December 24, 1978 |
Atlanta Falcons defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football Conference Wild Card Playoff, 14-13 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| December 30, 1978 |
Dallas Cowboys defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football Conference Division playoff, 27-20 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| June 20, 1979 |
Willie Foster Sellers is arrested at a Delta Frieght dock in Atlanta, Georgia. He had been one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted
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Delta Air Lines
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| June 22, 1979 |
The Home Depot opens its first stores, on Memorial Drive and Buford Highway in Atlanta |
| July 21, 1979 |
Edward Hope Smith is seen for the last time. Unknown at the time, he would become the first of what today is known as the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 4, 1979 |
14-year old Milton Harvey disappears while on an errand for his mother. His bike is found a week later in a remote area of Atlanta. His body won't be found until November
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 18, 1979 |
The Misadventure of Sheriff Lobo begins a two year run starring Georgia native Claude Akins as the somewhat corrupt title character. Originally set in fictional Orly County, during the second season the show was set in Atlanta
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| June 1, 1980 |
Ted Turner briefly introduces CNN (Cable News Network) from Atlanta. David Walker and Lois Hart then begin the first show.
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| June 23, 1980 |
Aaron Wyche, 10, is added to the list of Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 13, 1980 |
Highest temperature ever recorded in Atlanta (105 degrees) and Macon (108 degrees)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| August 14, 1980 |
Atlanta Police form a task force to investigate and analyze the evidence in the string of child murders that has occurred in the city
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| November 6, 1980 |
The Attorney General directs the FBI to join the investigation of missing and murdered children in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| November 6, 1980 |
FBI asked to join manhunt for man killing children and young adults in Atlanta
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| January 4, 1981 |
Atlanta Falcons lose to the Dallas Cowboys at the NFC division playoffs, 30-27 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| February 12, 1981 |
The Atlanta Area Consortium recommends a 35 acre park east of downtown Atlanta as the site of the Carter Presidential Library, with a parkway for access. Opposition to the plan by the neighborhood around the park is immediate.
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Jimmy Carter |
| March 13, 1981 |
President Reagan announces additional federal aid for the murdered and missing youth in Atlanta
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| April 21, 1981 |
CORE Director Ray Innis claims to have a photo of the Atlanta child killer
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| April 23, 1981 |
Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown clears the man identified by CORE Director Ray Innis as a suspect in the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 5, 1981 |
First mention of GRID (Gay Related Immune Deficiency) by the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta. The disease has since become known as AIDS
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| June 21, 1981 |
Wayne William is arrested, charged with the murders of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Payne, the last of the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 28, 1981 |
Morris Edwin Roberts, Jr. gained access to FBI offices in Atlanta, holding 9 employees hostage for three hours. He was shot and killed by the FBI Swat Team and the Atlanta Police. No motive was established.
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| June 30, 1981 |
President Ronald Reagan visits Atlanta, Georgia
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| October 27, 1981 |
Andrew Young elected mayor of Atlanta
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Andrew Young |
| December 28, 1981 |
Trial begins for Wayne Williams, accused murderer who is charged with committing the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 11, 1982 |
Snow Jam! This large, unpredicted snowfall paralyzed Atlanta and surrounding areas. The storm track took the heaviest amount of snow over Atlanta and hit in the afternoon, stranding thousands of commuters. |
| January 12, 1982 |
| January 19, 1982 |
Controversial fiber evidence introduced by Lewis Slayton in the Wayne Williams Atlanta Child Murders Trial is ruled admissible by Judge Clarence Cooper. Today this type of evidence is normally admitted. |
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Clarence Cooper |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 27, 1982 |
Wayne Williams found guilty in Atlanta Child murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| October 10, 1982 |
Atlanta Braves lose the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals, 3 games to 0
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| December 19, 1982 |
The Atlanta Falcons clinch a play-off spot with a 17-7 win over the San Francisco 49ers. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 9, 1983 |
Atlanta Falcons lose in the postseason to the Minnesota Vikings, 30-24. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| March 24, 1983 |
Snowstorm dumps 7.9 inches of snow on Atlanta, 8.7 in Athens
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| September 30, 1983 |
Filmed in Atlanta and starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly and JoBeth Williams, The Big Chill enters general release
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| October 2, 1984 |
Groundbreaking for the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Original plans have been modified to answer some of the local concerns.
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 21, 1985 |
Record breaking cold weather sweeps into Georgia, with the temperature reaching -8 degrees in Atlanta, -6 degrees in Macon and 3 degrees in Savannah
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| December 16, 1985 |
Wachovia and First Atlanta (formerly First National Bank of Atlanta) merge. |
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| September 29, 1986 |
Designing Women, a fictional TV show set in Atlanta about Julia Sugarbaker (Dixe Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) and Alison Sugarbaker (Julia Duffy) airs on CBS.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| October 1, 1986 |
First Union acquires Georgia State Bankshares, Inc., Atlanta
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| January 16, 1987 |
35-year-old Lita Sullivan opens the front door to her Atlanta townhome to Philip Anthony Harwood, who was carrying a box of pink roses. Harwood opens fire, killing Sullivan. The final decree in her divorce settlement (distribution of assets) from James Sullivan was scheduled for later in the day. |
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James Sullivan and the murder of Lita Sullivan |
| January 17, 1987 |
A small group of Atlantans march to protest lack of blacks in Cumming, Georgia (Forsyth County). Led by Rev. Hosea William the march is disrupted by militant white racists, many from outside the county.
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 24, 1987 |
A crowd of 20,000 racially mixed people from the metropolitan Atlanta area join Rev. Hosea Williams and others in a unity march in Cumming, Georgia (Forsyth County). A march the previous week had been turned back by racists.
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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The Road to Integration
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| May 13, 1988 |
Willie B. is set free at the Zoo Atlanta
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ZooAtlanta |
| June 24, 1988 |
Boards of Clark College and Atlanta University decide to consolidate the two colleges and create Clark Atlanta University
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| July 18, 1988 |
In the early morning hours while attending the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Rob Lowe videotaped a sexual encounter with Tara Siebert (22) and a 16-year-old minor. Lowe passed out and as they were leaving one of the women took the video. Within a week thousands of copies were being passed around. |
| July 21, 1988 |
Capping nearly a week of festivities, Michael Dukakis accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president at the convention in Atlanta
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| December 13, 1989 |
Driving Miss Daisy opens in limited release (3 screens). The blockbuster hit, which starred Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd was filmed in the Atlanta area. Tandy won Best Actress for her role (Daisy Werthan) and Freeman and Aykroyd were nominated for Best Supporting Actors, but both lost.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| April 17, 1990 |
Ralph David Abernathy dies, Atlanta, Georgia
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Ralph David Abernathy, Jr. |
| August 21, 1990 |
The World of Coke opens near Underground Atlanta |
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Coca-Cola |
| September 18, 1990 |
Atlanta is selected as host for the 1996 Olympic Games
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| December 30, 1990 |
Atlanta Falcons secure a playoff berth with a 26-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| June 18, 1991 |
Atlanta, Georgia sets its all-time record for 1-hour rainfall total, with 3.47 inches falling between 6:52 A. M. and 7:52 A. M.
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| October 17, 1991 |
Atlanta Braves advance to the World Series for the first time in 33 years by defeating the Pittsburg Pirates in the National League Championship Series, 4 games to 3.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Braves defeat Pirates, 1991 NLCS |
| October 27, 1991 |
Atlanta Braves lose the 1991 World Series to the Minnesota Twins, 4-3
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Atlanta Braves lose World Series to Minnesota Twins |
| December 28, 1991 |
Atlanta Falcons defeat the New Orleans Saints, 27-20 in the National Football Conference Wild Card game |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 3, 1992 |
Washington Redskins defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Division playoff, 24-7 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| February 25, 1992 |
Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip, by Atlanta based TLC is released. Three songs became hits, "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg," "What About Your Friends," and "Baby, Baby, Baby."
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TLC |
| September 6, 1992 |
Atlanta Falcons play their first regular season game in the Georgia Dome, defeating the New York Jets 20-17 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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The Georgia Dome |
| October 11, 1992 |
Deion Sanders becomes the first player to participate in two pro sports games in the same day, playing for Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon, then flying back to Pittsburg to play in the National League Championship Series with the Atlanta Braves. Often overlooked in this accomplishment is the fact that he had played with the Braves in Pittsbugh on Saturday night. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| October 14, 1992 |
Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 games to 3.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| October 24, 1992 |
Atlanta Braves lose the 1992 World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-2
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| May 24, 1993 |
Final episode of Designing Women, a show set in Atlanta, Georgia airs on CBS.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| June 12, 1993 |
First Union merges with Georgia Federal, Atlanta
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| October 13, 1993 |
Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series, 4 games to 2
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| January 30, 1994 |
Super Bowl XXVIII is held at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta where the Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 30 to 13.
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The Georgia Dome |
| April 1, 1994 |
National Weather Service central office opens in Peachtree City. Atlanta Airport office closes in Oct., 1996
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National Weather Service
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| April 26, 1994 |
Atlanta based hip-hop group OutKast releases their first album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik |
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OutKast |
| June 9, 1994 |
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes sets fire to a home she shares with Atlanta Falcon's football player Andre Rison in the Country Club of the South near Alpharetta.
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Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes |
| July 5, 1994 |
Having moved slowly north across the Florida panhandle, Alberto tracked slowly north until it stopped south of Atlanta
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Tropical Storm Alberto |
| July 17, 1994 |
Atlanta receives a record 14th day of rain. Its 17.71 monthly total for July remains a record
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| October 7, 1995 |
Atlanta beats the Colorado Rockies 3 games to one in the best of 5 National League Division Series
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| October 14, 1995 |
Atlanta Braves sweep the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Championship Series
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| October 28, 1995 |
Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers combine to beat the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in Game 6 of the World Series, giving Atlanta its first title ever. (The Braves had last won the Series when they were in Milwaukee in 1957).
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| December 24, 1995 |
The Christmas Eve miracle. Bobby Herbert, filling in for an injured Jeff George, powers the Atlanta Falcons to a 28-27 win over the World Champion San Francisco 49er's with two touchdowns, the second one coming with less than two minutes remaining in the game, gaining the Falcons a berth in the NFC playoffs |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| December 31, 1995 |
Green Bay Packers defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Wild Card playoff game, 37-20 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| April 15, 1996 |
Fox Theater, Atlanta is damaged during a fire that destroyed nearby buildings
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| April 27, 1996 |
The Olympic Flame begins an 84-day, 15,280 mile journey across the United States, ending in Atlanta at the the opening ceremonies
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| July 19, 1996 |
The Centennial Olympic Games open in Atlanta
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| July 27, 1996 |
Atlanta Centennial Park is ripped by an explosion in the early morning hours. Alice Hawthorne of Albany lies dead.
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Eric Rudolph and the Atlanta Area bombings |
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Albany, Georgia |
| July 28, 1996 |
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win the beach volleyball gold medal at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County. Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh, also of the United States, won the silver
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Clayton County, Georgia |
| July 28, 1996 |
Richard Jewell is praised by authorities for his role in saving lives at Atlanta Centennial Park
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| July 30, 1996 |
Atlanta Journal identifies the prime suspect in the Centennial Park bombing -- Richard Jewell
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| August 4, 1996 |
Closing Ceremonies for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
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| September 21, 1996 |
Georgia Music Hall of Fame opens with a gala celebration, inducting Mac Davis and Atlanta Rhythm Section. |
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'Mac' Davis |
| October 24, 1996 |
Last Atlanta Braves game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| December 31, 1996 |
After a service in Atlanta, JonBenet Ramsey's body is laid to rest in Marietta, Georgia.
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Marietta, GA |
| January 16, 1997 |
Explosion at the Sandy Springs Professional building draws authorities to the site where the Atlanta Northside Family Planning Service offices are located inside. A second bomb detonates shortly thereafter, injuring seven.
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Eric Rudolph and the Atlanta Area bombings |
| April 4, 1997 |
First National League game at Turner Field, Atlanta Braves lose to the Chicago Cubs, 5-4. It is only the fifth field used by the Braves as a home field in more than 125 years of playing baseball
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Ted Turner |
| August 2, 1997 |
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium is demolished. It takes 30 seconds for explosive charges to level the building
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| August 3, 1997 |
Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro (1966-1983, 1987) is inducted into the Baseball Hame of Fame, Cooperstown, New York as a player, winning 80.34% of the vote (380 votes on 473 ballots). He is most noted for his knuckleball. |
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| October 18, 1997 |
Roberto Goizueta, Chairman of the board and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company dies from cancer at Atlanta's Emory Hospital
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Coca-Cola |
| November 20, 1997 |
Giant panda bear exhibit featuring Lun-Lun and Yang-Yang opens amid great fanfare at ZooAtlanta in Grant Park |
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ZooAtlanta |
| December 3, 1997 |
Authorities discovered more than a quarter ounce of marijuana in the underpants of state senator Ralph David Abernathy III (D-Atlanta)
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
| May 1, 1998 |
Black Dog, an action film starring Patrick Swayze and Randy Travis is released. It was partially filmed in Atlanta and Cleveland, Georgia
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| May 5, 1998 |
Eric Rudolph, a suspect in bombings in the Atlanta area and Birmingham, AL, is placed on the FBI's ten most-wanted list.
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Eric Rudolph and the Atlanta Area bombings |
| December 31, 1998 |
Georgia (8-3) defeats Virginia in the Peach Bowl (Atlanta)
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| January 9, 1999 |
The Atlanta Falcons win the NFC Division playoff, defeating the San Francisco 49ers, 20-18 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 17, 1999 |
Atlanta Falcons defeat the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game, 30-27. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 31, 1999 |
The Atlanta Falcons lose to the Denver Broncos, 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII
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Atlanta Falcons |
| March 22, 1999 |
Delta Air Lines acquires Atlanta-based ASA
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Delta Air Lines
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| April 12, 1999 |
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill No. 1, a landmark in the Cabbagetown area of Atlanta since the 1881 International Cotton Exposition, burns. Dramatic TV footage shows the rescue of a trapped crane operator by firefighter.
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| June 25, 1999 |
Atlanta Thrashers' National Hockey League expansion draft.
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Atlanta Thrashers |
| July 29, 1999 |
9 people lie dead after Mark Barton went on a killing rampage in downtown Atlanta. 3 others, Barton's former wife and 2 children, are also found dead in a suburban apartment. Barton had lost a large amount of money as a "day trader"
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| October 2, 1999 |
Atlanta Thrashers play their first game, losing to the New Jersey Devils 4-1
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Atlanta Thrashers |
| November 5, 1999 |
United Parcel Service delivers Yang-Yang and Lun-Lun to ZooAtlanta. The two giant pandas will be on display at the zoo for the next 10 years. Additionally, around-the-clock scientific observation aimed at increasing the population of this endangered species may help the panda's long term survival |
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ZooAtlanta |
| January 22, 2000 |
An ice storm wrecks havoc from Douglasville to Rome, east to Atlanta and further east into the Georgia mountains north of Athens. |
| January 30, 2000 |
The Ice Bowl, as the Super Bowl was called by local residents, is played in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome after an ice storm knocks out power and results in a 47 car pile-up on Interstate 20 west of the city. In the game the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16
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The Georgia Dome |
| February 2, 2000 |
Willie B., the silverback gorilla at ZooAtlanta dies. |
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ZooAtlanta |
| June 23, 2000 |
Hearndon House, Atlanta, dedicated a National Historic Landmark
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| April 16, 2001 |
Driven premieres, starring Atlanta-born actor Kip Pardue. It will gross $32 million in 11 weeks of general release
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Kevin Ian 'Kip' Pardue |
| October 21, 2001 |
The Arizona Diamondbacks end the Atlanta Braves season in the National League play-offs. The Diamondbacks won 4 out of 5 games
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| November 8, 2001 |
President Bush tells America "Let's Roll" in a nationally televised speech from the World Congress Center in Atlanta
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Georgia World Congress Center
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| December 4, 2001 |
OutKast releases "Big Boi and Dre Present OutKast, compiling songs from the Atlanta-based La Face label:"Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (1994), "ATLiens" (1996), "Aquemini" (1998) and "Stankonia" (2000).
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OutKast |
| February 2, 2002 |
The NFL owners unanimously approve the sale of the Atlanta Falcons to Arthur Blank. Blank, who had co-founded Home Depot and recently retired from his position as co-chairman of the hardware chain store, had earlier reached a preliminary agreement to buy the Falcons from the heirs of Rankin Smith's estate. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| June 17, 2002 |
George Bush visits Atlanta, speaking at St. Paul's AME Church.
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| July 2, 2002 |
Police in Thailand arrest James Sullivan at the exclusive Springfield Beach Resort for conspiring to kill his wife Lita in 1987. A local citizen had seen Sullivan on America's Most Wanted. This date is occasionally listed as July 1, local Atlanta time. |
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James Sullivan and the murder of Lita Sullivan |
| September 21, 2002 |
A man is killed outside an Atlanta area liquor store. This killing will eventually be tied to the Virginia sniper case
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| September 27, 2002 |
General release date for Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon. Portions of the film were shot in Berry College (Rome), Atlanta, Conyers, Crawfordville, Peachtree City and Starr's Mill, Georgia.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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Rome, Georgia |
| January 5, 2003 |
Atlanta Falcons beat the Packers at Green Bay, 27-7
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Falcons postseason, 2003 |
| January 11, 2003 |
The Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl dreams are smashed by the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-6. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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Falcons postseason, 2003 |
| February 9, 2003 |
The NBA All-Star Game is held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
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| February 23, 2003 |
India.Arie (Stone Mountain), Alan Jackson (Newnan) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are among those honored at this year's Grammy Awards
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| April 2, 2003 |
Winners of the George Foster Peabody Awards were announced by the University of Georgia's Henry Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Among the locally important awards:- "Terror on Tape," CNN Productions, Atlanta; examination of training videos made by al-Qaida members.
- "Door to Door," TNT starring William H. Macy in the true story of Bill Porter who battled cerebral palsy. Macy also co-wrote the script
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Peabody Awards |
| April 29, 2003 |
Just before 5 a.m. a moderate earthquake, rated 4.9 on the Richter Scale, shook most of the northwest corner of Georgia, south to Atlanta. The epicenter was located in Menlo, Georgia, about 37 miles south of Chattanooga.
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Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
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| May 6, 2003 |
Coke re-introduces the "neon spectacular" to Peachtree Street in Atlanta. For 32 years the neon spectacular hung at Peachtree and Pryor Streets in downtown, next to Margaret Mitchell Park. When the city turned the park into a ball field, Coke removed the sign.
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Coca-Cola |
| May 7, 2003 |
Internet Service Provider Earthlink wins a $16 million suit in Atlanta District Court against The Buffalo Spammer, a 36 year-old hack who lives with his mother in a run-down neighborhood in New York.
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| June 13, 2003 |
Dumb and Dumberer, a "prequel" to Dumb and Dumber is released. It was filmed in Marietta and Atlanta
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Marietta, GA |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| June 24, 2003 |
Lester Maddox, 87, a segregationist who governed Georgia as a moderate Democrat, died in an Atlanta hospice as a result of a fall.
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Lester Maddox |
| July 22, 2003 |
Atlanta radio personality "Skinny" Bobby Harper dies of cancer. He was the inspiration for the Dr. Johnny Fever character on the hit TV show, WKRP in Cincinnati.
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| September 10, 2003 |
Atlanta's Piedmont Park begins planning an expansion into 53 acres of undeveloped land the city purchased with the original park |
| September 29, 2003 |
Danny Heatley and Dan Snyder are involved in a high-speed car crash on Lenox Road in Atlanta. Healy and Snyder are members of the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team.
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Atlanta Thrashers |
| October 5, 2003 |
Atlanta Braves lose the National League Division Championship series 3-2 to the Chicago Cubs
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| October 5, 2003 |
Atlanta Thrashers player Dan Snyder died from injuries sustained when teammate Danny Heatley hit a brick pillar on Lenox Road
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Atlanta Thrashers |
| February 8, 2004 |
Atlanta's Outkast wins three grammies including top honors with the Album of the Year for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below"
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OutKast |
| May 25, 2004 |
Shortly after 4:00am fire broke out in BioLab, a chemical manufacturing and storage facility in Conyers. Smoke from the fire forced officials to close I-20 east of Atlanta. |
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Rockdale County, Georgia |
| August 30, 2004 |
Atlanta-based OutKast wins 4 MTV Video Music Awards for "Hey, Ya," including Video of the Year and Best Hip-Hop Video. |
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OutKast |
| August 30, 2004 |
Former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell indicted on a wide array of charges |
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Mayor Bill Campbell indicted |
| December 27, 2004 |
Donald Hollowell dies of heart failure, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Donald L. Hollowell |
| January 16, 2005 |
Atlanta Falcons defeat the St. Louis Rams, 47 to 17. |
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Atlanta Falcons postseason 2005 |
| January 23, 2005 |
Atlanta Falcons are defeated in the NFL Championship Game by the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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Atlanta Falcons postseason 2005 |
| January 29, 2005 |
Ice storm hits Atlanta and North Georgia knocking out power for more than 100,000 people. Two deaths were directly attributed to the storm |
| February 13, 2005 |
Georgia artists scored a major win at the Grammys, led by Ray Charles who received 8 posthumous awards including Record and Album of the Year for his Genius Loves Company. Atlanta-based Usher, who had won many awards in other shows, picked up three and Kayne West, born in Atlanta but raised in Chicago, who won for Best Rap Album, The College Dropout |
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Ray Charles |
| February 25, 2005 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman opens. Written by Atlantan Tyler Perry, who also had multiple roles in the comedy-drama, the film surprised the industry by rocketing to Number 1 in box office reciepts its first week of release. |
| March 17, 2005 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta and the U.S. Supreme Court (on March 17, 2005), follow the U.S. District Court and refused to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case. |
| March 23, 2005 |
A Florida state court of appeals refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube as requested by her parents, the Schindlers'. They petition for the entire panel of Eleventh Circuit judges (Atlanta) to rehear their case to reinsert a feeding tube into Terri Schiavo. The Court refuses to hear the case, letting the lower court ruling stand. Following the decision, The Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the appeal, affirming the decision of the lower court. |
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Terri Schiavo |
| March 30, 2005 |
11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta refuses to hear appeal of Terri Schiavo case. The U. S. Supreme Court also refuses to hear the same case. |
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Terri Schiavo |
| April 19, 2005 |
Jennifer Wilbanks purchases a Greyhound bus ticket from Atlanta, Georgia to Austin, Texas. |
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Jennifer Wilbanks, The Runaway Bride |
| August 23, 2005 |
Atlanta Thrashers trade Dany Heatly to the Ottawa Senators for Marian Hossa |
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Atlanta Thrashers |
| October 9, 2005 |
Houston Astros defeat the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Playoffs, 3 games to 1. The series featured the longest postseason game by innings |
| November 23, 2005 |
The Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest, opens in Atlanta |
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Georgia Aquarium |
| November 25, 2005 |
Atlanta approves a plan for the expansion of Piedmont Park |
| January 2, 2006 |
Strong thunderstorms swept the state, bringing F1 to F3 tornadoes across the south and middle portions of the state and into Atlanta. No one died in the storms |
| January 16, 2006 |
At the Martin Luther King Day celebrations in Atlanta, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans would again be a "chocolate city." |
| January 24, 2006 |
Jury selection begins in former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell's corruption trial |
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Mayor Bill Campbell indicted |
| January 30, 2006 |
Arguments begin in former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell's corruption trial |
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Mayor Bill Campbell indicted |
| March 10, 2006 |
Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell is convicted of tax evasion. |
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Mayor Bill Campbell indicted |
| June 12, 2006 |
Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell is sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and a fine of $6,300 for tax evasion |
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Mayor Bill Campbell indicted |
| June 23, 2006 |
Late in the day, City of Atlanta officials announced that a deal has been struck to purchase the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers for $32 million. The papers were scheduled to be auctioned at Sotheby’s on June 30. |
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Martin Luther King
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| September 6, 2006 |
Zoo Atlanta's giant panda Lun-Lun gave birth to a baby panda the size of a stick of butter. |
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ZooAtlanta |
| September 6, 2006 |
Atlanta Falcons owner asks publicly for a new stadium to replace the Georgia Dome |
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The Georgia Dome |
| November 26, 2006 |
Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick makes an obscene gesture to hometown fans at the Georgia Dome. |
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Michael Vick |
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The Georgia Dome |
| December 29, 2006 |
The FCC approved the $87 billion buy-out of Atlanta-based Bellsouth by AT&T |
| January 17, 2007 |
A TSA agent retrieves a water bottle thrown out by Atlanta Falcons QB Micheal Vick and sends it to be tested. Vick waffled over whether to put it in his checked luggage or throw it away. |
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Michael Vick |
| April 2, 2007 |
With Atlanta hosting the Final Four in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Florida Gators defeat Ohio State, 84-75 |
| April 4, 2007 |
The Census Bureau reports that the 28-county Atlanta Metropolitan region grew by 890,000 in a ten-year period |
| April 5, 2007 |
An opening day promotion at Six Flags over Georgia snarls traffic during rush hour on I-20 west of Atlanta |
| April 7, 2007 |
The World of Coca-Cola near Underground Atlanta closes |
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Coca-Cola |
| July 17, 2007 |
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and others are indicted for dogfighting activities at Vick's Virginia estate. Federal authorities believed dogfighting had been ongoing for 6 years. |
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Michael Vick |
| August 20, 2007 |
According to his attorney, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick reached a plea agreement on dogfighting charges that had all but destroyed his football career. |
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Michael Vick |
| September 16, 2007 |
Tiger Woods wins the PGA Tournament at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta |
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Tiger Woods wins 2007 PGA Tournament |
| October 21, 2007 |
Following a sold-out show in The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Kid Rock and his 6-man posse engaged in a fight with Harlen DeJon Akins at a Waffle House. Rock (Robert Ritchie) and 5 other men were arrested after leaving the scene in an RV. They were released Sunday afternoon after posting bond. |
| May 20, 2008 |
Jimmy Carter's former chief-of-staff Hamilton Jordan dies in Atlanta |
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Hamilton Jordan |
| July 23, 2008 |
U. S. President George Bush visits Atlanta for a fund-raising event for Rick Goddard, running for the House of Representatives from Georgia's 8th congressional district |
| July 24, 2008 |
Georgia State University, appearing in U. S. District Court in Atlanta, asserted that its online distribution of course material is permitted under copyright law's fair-use exemption in this closely watched case |
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Copyright Lawsuit against Georgia State University |
| September 1, 2008 |
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta estimated start date for samonella outbreak later associated to the Peanut Corporation of America |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| December 19, 2008 |
Canopy Skywalk collapses at Atlanta Botanical Gardens killing 1 and injuring 18 |
| December 29, 2008 |
The Atlanta Falcons defeat the St. Louis Rams, 31-27, sending the Falcons to the divisional playoffs. |
| February 24, 2009 |
The last case of Peanut Corporation of America salmonella outbreak is reported to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. During the 6-month outbreak 691 cases were reported in the United States and one in Canada. The infections resulted in 8 deaths. |
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Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak |
| March 27, 2009 |
Omni National Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, will act as paying agent for the insured deposits. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| May 1, 2009 |
Silverton Bank, National Association, Atlanta, Georgia, a commercial bank that provided banking services to other banks, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created a bridge bank to assume operations. |
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Bank Failures in Georgia |
| May 18, 2009 |
Atlanta rapper Dolla, whose real name is Roderick Anthony Burton II, is shot at the Beverly Center. He is pronounced dead a few minutes later at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. |
| May 20, 2009 |
Aubrey Louis Berry is arrested by police at LAX for the murder of Dolla, an Atlanta rapper |
| July 14, 2009 |
The U. S. prison web site reports that Bernie Madoff has moved to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and assigned the number 61727-054. |
| July 19, 2009 |
Record low temperatures were set across the state as an unusually strong cold front swept through. In Atlanta, the low reached 63, tying a record set in 1967, while in Athens the 58 degree temp shattered the previous low record of 62 set in 1925. |
| September 17, 2009 |
Some of the heaviest rain ever reported in Georgia falls northwest of Atlanta as a tropical system dumps rain across the state. Places in Cherokee and Cobb Counties report one-day totals near 9.0 inches with weekly totals between 18.0 and 21.0 inches |
| November 10, 2009 |
A federal grand jury returned indictments against 4 people for the attack on the RBS WorldPay system headquartered in Atlanta |
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RBS WorldPay Hacked |
| November 19, 2009 |
FAA computer glitch in Atlanta causes delays throughout the United States |
