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Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city 1881 International Cotton Exposition 1885 Georgia Tech founded 1886 Atlanta goes "dry"; Coca-Cola first sold; Henry Grady's "New South" speech in New York City 1887 Piedmont Exposition; Inman Park, first garden suburb, founded; Coca-Cola invents the coupon 1889
Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded. 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded. [11] 1868 Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital. [1] Constitution newspaper begins publication. [12] 1869 - Clark College founded. 1870 - Population: 21,789. [7] 1871 Horse-drawn streetcar begins operating. [1] [13] Public school system ...
Atlanta (/ æ t ˈ l æ n t ə / ⓘ at-LAN-tə) [14] is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County.
A century of Georgia Agriculture, 1850–1950 (1954) Steely, Mel. The Gentleman from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich Mercer University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-86554-671-1. Tuck, Stephen G. N. Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia, 1940–1980. University of Georgia Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8203-2265-2.
Georgia Public Radio reaches nearly all of Georgia (with the exception of the Atlanta area, which is served by WABE). WSB-TV in Atlanta is the state's oldest television station, having begun operations in 1948. WSB the first television service in Georgia, and the South. [151]
xAI, the two-year-old AI company founded by Musk, signed on to a data center deal in Atlanta that local authorities had been negotiating with X for more than a year.
Georgia: Founded: December 20, 1853; 172 years ago () Named for: ... Outside Atlanta proper, Georgia 400 is the major highway through north Fulton, ...
A pair of voting advocacy groups founded by Georgia politician Stacey Abrams were hit with an historic $300,000 fine for violating state campaign finance laws.