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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 | ||
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− | | | + | |header60=1880s |
− | | | + | |label61= 1880 |
− | | | + | |data61 = Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city |
− | | | + | |label62 = 1881 |
− | | | + | |data62 = [[International Cotton Exposition]] |
− | | | + | |label65 = 1885 |
− | | | + | |data65 = [[Georgia Tech]] founded |
− | | | + | |label66= 1886 |
− | | | + | |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]] |
− | | | + | |label67 = 1887 |
− | | | + | |data67 = [[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded |
− | | | + | |label69 = 1889 |
− | | | + | |data69 = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens |
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− | | | + | |header70 = 1890s |
− | | | + | |label75= 1895 |
− | | | + | |data75= [[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]] |
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− | | | + | |header80=1900s |
− | | | + | |label86=1906 |
− | | | + | |data86=[[Atlanta Race Riot]] kills 27;<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side |
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− | | | + | |header90 = 1910s |
− | | | + | |label91 = 1910 |
− | | | + | |data91 = Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow |
− | | | + | |label93 = 1913 |
− | | | + | |data93 = [[Leo Frank]] lynching;<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]] |
− | | | + | |label94 = 1914 |
− | | | + | |data94 = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] |
− | | | + | |label97 = 1917 |
− | | | + | |data97 = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]] |
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− | | | + | |header100=1920s |
− | | | + | |label103=1923 |
− | | | + | |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 --> |
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− | | | + | |header110 = 1930s |
− | | | + | |label116=1936 |
+ | |data116=[[William B. Hartsfield]] elected mayor;<br>[[Techwood Homes]] built, first public housing in US | ||
+ | |label119 = 1939 | ||
+ | |data119= ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets | ||
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+ | |header120 = 1940s | ||
+ | |label126 = 1946 | ||
+ | |data126= [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded | ||
+ | |label127=1949 | ||
+ | |data127 = Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]] | ||
|header130 = 1950s | |header130 = 1950s |