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|label24 = 1871
 
|label24 = 1871
 
|data24 = [[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
 
|data24 = [[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
|header25=1880s
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|label26= 1880
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|header60=1880s
|data26 = Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
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|label61= 1880
|label27=1885
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|data61 = Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
|data27 = [[Georgia Tech]] founded
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|label62 = 1881
|label28= 1886
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|data62 = [[International Cotton Exposition]]
|data28 = Atlanta [[Prohibition in the United States|goes "dry"]];<br>[[Coca-Cola]] first sold;<br>[[Henry W. Grady#Journalist|Henry Grady's]] "[[New South]]" speech in [[New York City|New York]]
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|label65 = 1885
|label29 = 1887
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|data65 = [[Georgia Tech]] founded
|data29 = [[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded
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|label66= 1886
|label30 = 1889
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|data66 = Atlanta [[Prohibition in the United States|goes "dry"]];<br>[[Coca-Cola]] first sold;<br>[[Henry W. Grady#Journalist|Henry Grady's]] "[[New South]]" speech in [[New York City|New York]]
|data30 = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens
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|label67 = 1887
|header31 = 1890s
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|data67 = [[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded
|label32= 1895
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|label69 = 1889
|data32= [[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]]
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|data69 = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens
|header33=1900s
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|label34=1906
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|header70 = 1890s
|data34=[[Atlanta Race Riot]] kills 27;<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side
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|label75= 1895
|header35 = 1910s
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|data75= [[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]]
|label36 = 1910
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|data36= Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow
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|header80=1900s
|label37 = 1913
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|label86=1906
|data37 = [[Leo Frank]] lynching;<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]]
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|data86=[[Atlanta Race Riot]] kills 27;<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side
|label38 = 1914
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|data38 = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]]
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|header90 = 1910s
|label39 = 1917
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|label91 = 1910
|data39 = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]]
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|data91 = Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow
|header40=1920s
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|label93 = 1913
|label41=1923
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|data93 = [[Leo Frank]] lynching;<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]]
|data41=[[Viaducts of Atlanta|Spring Street Viaduct]] opens, downtown rises above train tracks<!-- I know this is not very notable, but nothing else much notable happened in the 1920s -->
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|label94 = 1914
|header42 = 1930s
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|data94 = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]]
|label43=1936
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|label97 = 1917
|data43=[[William B. Hartsfield]] elected mayor;<br>[[Techwood Homes]] built, first public housing in US
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|data97 = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]]
|label44 = 1939
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|data44= ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets
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|header100=1920s
|header45 = 1940s
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|label103=1923
|label46 = 1946
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|data103=[[Viaducts of Atlanta|Spring Street Viaduct]] opens, downtown rises above train tracks<!-- I know this is not very notable, but nothing else much notable happened in the 1920s -->
|data46= [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded
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|label47=1949
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|header110 = 1930s
|data47 = Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]]
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|label116=1936
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|data116=[[William B. Hartsfield]] elected mayor;<br>[[Techwood Homes]] built, first public housing in US
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|label119 = 1939
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|data119= ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets
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|header120 = 1940s
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|label126 = 1946
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|data126= [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded
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|label127=1949
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|data127 = Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]]
  
 
|header130 = 1950s
 
|header130 = 1950s

Revision as of 20:38, 30 January 2012