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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post ).
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
A mob of 10 to 20 women raided a store and stole foodstuff. The food riot is referred to as the "Atlanta Bacon Riot of 1863" by the Atlanta History Center. [1] 1906 September 22–24 1906 Atlanta race massacre: Part of the nadir of American race relations. A mob of roughly 10,000 white Americans attacked African Americans following reports of ...
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta recorded over 5 inches (130 mm) of rain on July 6, its sixth-highest one-day rainfall since records began in 1878. [29] This is more rain than the area normally gets in all of July. [30] Hurricane Dennis – The outerbands of Hurricane Dennis caused local flooding the Atlanta area ...
CUMMING, Ga. — Driving through present-day Forsyth County is like navigating an American landscape haunted by its history. Centuries-old churches and storied cemeteries carry remnants of past ...
Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs, from Sentinel-2A satellite, 2022. Atlanta encompasses 134.0 square miles (347.1 km 2), of which 133.2 square miles (344.9 km 2) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km 2) is water. [84] The city is situated in the Deep South of the southeastern United States among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Walt Disney Co. is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Oct. 16. Here's a timeline of key events in the Burbank company's history.