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Atlanta

capital city of the U.S. state of Georgia and seat of Fulton County, also located in DeKalb County

21 dated entries naming Atlanta, drawn from 14 separate years between 1837 CE and 1996 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Atlanta, Georgia in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1837Atlanta is fixed as the terminal of the Western and Atlantic Railroad; it is originally named Marthasville.source
  • 1864July 20 – Battle of Peachtree Creek – Near Atlanta, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.source
  • 1864August 31 – American Civil War: Union forces, led by General William T. Sherman, launch an assault on Atlanta.source
  • 1881October 5–December 31 – The International Cotton Exposition is held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.source
  • 1881October 5–December 31 – International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia.source
  • 1885October 13 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is established in Atlanta, Georgia as the Georgia School of Technology.source
  • 1885October 13 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is established in Atlanta as the Georgia School of Technology.source
  • 1889January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia.source
  • 1889January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company, at this time known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.source

20th century

  • 1906September 22 – Atlanta race riot: Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia result in 27 people killed and the Black-owned business district severely damaged.source
  • 1913April 26 – Mary Phagan is raped and strangled on the premises of the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. Leo Frank is tried and convicted for the crime.source
  • 1915August 17 – Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched for the murder of a 13-year-old girl in Atlanta.source
  • 1929December – New York toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe popularizes Bingo after coming across the game of "Beano" in Atlanta, Georgia. After someone accidentally yells "bingo" instead of "beano" with a group of friends in Brooklyn, New York, he begins production of the game, going on to develop more than 6,000 card combinations under the E. S. Lowe company, as the popularity of the game grows to become a national pastime.source
  • 1939December 15 – The epic historical romance film Gone with the Wind, starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard, premieres at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel of 1936, it is the longest American film made up to this date (at nearly four hours) and rapidly becomes the highest-grossing film up to this time.source
  • 1946December 7 – The Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, United States, kills 119.source
  • 1946December 7 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119.source
  • 1962June 3 – Air France Flight 007 (a Boeing 707) crashes on take-off at Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 people on board are killed, 2 flight attendants survive. Most victims are cultural and civic leaders of Atlanta.source
  • 1990September 18 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.source
  • 1996May 11 – After takeoff from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.source
  • 1996July 19 – The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, begin.source
  • 199619 July – 4 August – The country competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with runner Frankie Fredericks winning 2 silver medals.source

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