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Notable Moments in Atlanta History: 1847 — Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. It was formally Marthasville, named for Martha Wilson Lumpkin daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin. 8 May 1864 — The Atlanta Campaign saw severe fighting at Rocky Face Ridge. 4 Jun 1864 — With General Sherman again flanking them, Confederates under General Joseph Johnston retreated to the mountains before Marietta, Georgia. 27 Jun 1864 — Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. 8 Jul 1864 — Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreated into Atlanta to prevent being flanked by Union General William T. Sherman. 20 Jul 1864 — Confederate General John Bell Hood attacked Union forces under General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta. 22 Jul 1864 — The Battle of Atlanta reached its peak when Confederate General John Bell Hood launched an all-out attack on Union General William T. Sherman's Army. Union General James McPherson was killed repulsing a Confederate attack. 10 Aug 1864 — Confederate Commander John Bell HOOD sent his cavalry north of Atlanta to cut off Union General William SHERMAN's supply lines. 18 Aug 1864 — Union General William T. Sherman sent General Judson Kilpatrick to raid Confederate lines of communication outside Atlanta. 2 Sep 1864 — Union General William T. Sherman's forces occupied Atlanta. 11 Sep 1864 — A 10-day truce was declared between generals Sherman and Hood so civilians could leave Atlanta, Georgia. 15 Nov 1864 — Union Major General William T. Sherman's troops set fires that destroyed much of Atlanta. 1867 — Atlanta University is founded. 9 Dec 1867 — Constitutional Convention meets in Atlanta. 169 total delegates attend. 25 Jun 1868 — Georgia is re-admitted to the Union. 13 Aug 1881 — The first African American nursing school opened at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. 1882 — Alexander Hamilton Stephens was elected governor of Georgia but died after serving just a few months. 1883 — New capitol building approved. It will be constructed of Indiana limestone rather than Georgia marble and completed in 1889. 13 Oct 1885 — The Georgia Institute of Technology is established by Act of the General Assembly. 29 Mar 1886 — Coca-Cola went on sale for the first time at a drugstore in Atlanta. 8 Nov 1887 — John Henry "Doc" Holiday, Atlanta dentist and gunfighter dies at Glenwood Springs, Colorado from tuberculosis at the ripe old age of 35. 1 Jan 1897 — Atlanta University and Tuskegee Institute played the first African American collegiate football game. The game, played in Atlanta, was won by Atlanta University. 23 Apr 1899 — Some 2000 people gathered near Atlanta to watch the lynching of Sam HOSE, a black man questionably accused of murdering a white planter and raping his wife 22 Sep 1906 — Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 21 people. 26 Apr 1913 — Mary PHAGAN (13) was killed at an Atlanta pencil factory. She had stopped to pick up her check on her way to Peachtree Street to see a Confederate Memorial Day Parade. Leo FRANK (29), a Jewish factory manager, was falsely accused of raping and murdering the young working-class girl. 1924 — The 600-room Biltmore Hotel opened in Atlanta. 1 Oct 1924 — Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, was born in Plains, Georgia. 15 Jan 1929 — Martin Luther King Jr., American Baptist Minister and Civil Rights leader, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. 1 Jan 1932 — Campbell and Milton counties officially merged with Fulton County, thus reducing the number of Georgia counties from 161 to 159. 4 May 1932 — Mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. 15 Dec 1939 — The motion picture "Gone With the Wind" had its world premiere in Atlanta. 7 Dec 1946 — America's worst hotel fire broke out at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, killing 119 people, including hotel founder W. Frank WINECOFF. 13 May 1957 — The first commercial jet airliner, a French Caravelle, lands at Atlanta. 26 May 1961 — Civil rights activist group Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee was established in Atlanta. 18 Sep 1961 — Georgia Tech admits three African American students. 26 Jan 1964 — Eighty-four people were arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta. 1973 — The Atlanta school system agreed to desegregate, and Alonzo A. Crim (died 2000) became its first African-American superintendent. 4 Apr 1974 — Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th in Cincinnati. 2 Nov 1976 — Former Georgia Governor James Earl "Jimmy" Carter defeated Republican incumbent Gerald R. Ford, becoming the 39th president of the US, and the first from the Deep South since the Civil War. 27 Feb 1982 — Wayne B. Williams was found guilty of murdering two of the 28 young blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area over a 22-month period. 1 Oct 1986 — Former President Jimmy Carter's presidential library and museum were dedicated in Atlanta with help from President Reagan. 1987 — Billy Payne founded the Georgia Amateur Athletic Foundation to bid for the 1996 Olympic Games. 23 Nov 1987 — Cuban detainees at a federal prison in Atlanta rioted, seizing hostages in a drama that was not resolved until 4 December 1987. 1991 — Coca-Cola established a corporate museum in Atlanta. 1991 — Zell Miller is elected governor. 14 Oct 1995 — The Atlanta Braves won the National League pennant by beating the Cincinnati Reds and completing a four-game sweep. 28 Oct 1995 — The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series. 1996 — The funeral of the BAILEY family, killed in a tragic auto accident, was held at the all-white Southern Baptist Church, the first black funeral there since slave members departed to form their own congregation in 1862. 25 Jan 1999 — Robert Shaw, the dean of American choral conducting, died in Atlanta at age 82. He was the musical director and conductor of the Atlanta Symphony from 1967-1988. Feb 2000 — Tornadoes struck southwest Georgia, and 22 people were killed. 16 Nov 2000 — Hosea Williams, civil rights leader, died in Atlanta at age 74. Interesting Facts about Atlanta: 7,000 total square miles of toll-free road, the largest in the world? Has the nickname of "Hot'lanta". The Perimeter highway (I-285) is 62.77 miles long. Has 55 streets containing the word Peachtree. Features the annual Peachtree Road Race that started in 1970? Was the 5th city to be the capital of Georgia? The cylindrical Westin Peachtree Plaza is the tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere? The popular area of Buckhead originated when a settler shot a buck (deer) and mounted its head on a post at the intersection of what is now Peachtree Street and Pharr Road. Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron hit his 715th homerun on April 1974 over the left field wall at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, breaking Babe Ruth's career record. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has the largest passenger terminal complex at more than 16.5 million visitors during an average year. Nations Bank Plaza is the second tallest building in the Southeast and the 17th tallest building in the world? The Georgia Dome is the largest cable supported domed stadium in the world and the roof is made of 8.6 acres of teflon coated fiberglass. In 1996, ranked as the second most popular place people rented u-hauls to move to, after Los Angeles. More cellular phones per capita than any other market in the U.S. The men carved on Stone Mountain are Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. The carving began in 1916 and was continued on and off by three different sculptors until 1972. Atlanta is a 2-hour flight away from 83% of U.S. cities? The Atlanta Gas Light Company is the world's oldest corporation, established in 1856. Is the headquarters of Coca-Cola. More than 9,000 soft drinks are consumed every minute of every day. 98% of the world's population has access to a product that is a Coca-Cola brand, making it the most recognized company logo in the world. Features the nation's largest 10K footrace held every 4th of July. Home to "Batman the Ride" (at Six Flags) — the South's only suspended outside looping theme-park ride. Atlanta Population and Demographics:
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