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<includeonly>{{sidebar with collapsible lists
| name  = Atlanta timeline
 
 
| title = Atlanta timeline
 
| title = Atlanta timeline
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| name = Atlanta timeline
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| image    = [[File:Seal of Atlanta.png|200px|center|alt=Seal of the City of Atlanta]]
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| alt = Seal of the City of Atlanta
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| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]]
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| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]]
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| liststyle = text-align:left;
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| listtitlestyle =padding-left:0.5em;text-align:center;
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| heading1 = History
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| list2title = Before 1820
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| list2 = 
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; 1762
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: [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned
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| list3title = 1820
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| list3 =
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;1821
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: [[Creek Indians]] cede land that is now [[Metro Atlanta]]
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;1823
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: [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] founded
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; 1826
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: Land lottery to distribute lots in the area which is now Atlanta
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| list4title =1830
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| list4 =
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; 1830
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:Whitehall Tavern built at today's [[West End, Atlanta|West End]]
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; 1836
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:[[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] approved
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; 1839
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:[[John Thrasher]] builds settlement at terminus
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| list5title =1840
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| list5
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;1842
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:Incorporated as Marthasville;<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]
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;1846
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:[[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]
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;1847
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:Atlanta incorporated
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| list6title =1850
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| list6 =
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{{center|pop. 2,572}}
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;1850
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:[[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded
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;1851
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:[[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]]
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;1854
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:[[Atlanta and La Grange Railroad]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]]
  
| image  = [[File:Seal of Atlanta.png|200px|alt=Seal of the City of Atlanta]]
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| list7title =1860
| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]]
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| list7=
| headerstyle  = background:#ccf;
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{{center|pop. 9,554}}
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;1861-1865
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:[[American Civil War]]
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;1864
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:[[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]]
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;1865
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:Civil War ends; slaves freed;<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]], founded
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;1868
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:Atlanta made state capital
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| list8title =1870
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| list8=
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{{center|pop. 21,879}}
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;1871
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:[[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
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| list9title =1880
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| list9 =
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{{center|pop. 37,409}}
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;1880
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:Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
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;1881
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:[[International Cotton Exposition]]
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;1885
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:[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] founded
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;1886
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: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
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;1887
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:[[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded;<br>[[Coca-Cola]] invents the [[coupon]]
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;1889
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:First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens
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| list10title = 1890
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| list10 =
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{{center|pop. 65,533}}
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; 1895
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:[[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]]
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| list11title = 1900
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| list11 =
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{{center|pop. 89,872 - metro 419,375}}
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; 1906
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:[[Atlanta race riot]] kills 27;<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side
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| list12title = 1910
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| list12 =
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{{center|pop. 154,839 - metro 522,442}}
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; 1910
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:Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow
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; 1913
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:[[Leo Frank]] lynching;<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]]
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; 1914
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:[[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]]
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; 1917
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:[[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]]
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| list13title = 1920
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| list13 =
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{{center|pop. 200,616 - metro 622,283}}
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; 1923
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:[[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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| list14title = 1930
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| list14 =
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{{center|pop. 270,366 - metro 715,391}}
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; 1936
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:[[William B. Hartsfield]] elected mayor;<br>[[Techwood Homes]] built, first public housing in US
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; 1939
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:''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets
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| list15title = 1940
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| list15 =
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; 1946
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:[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded
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; 1949
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:Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]]
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| list16title = 1950
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| list16 =
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{{center|pop. 331,314 - metro 997,666}}
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; 1950
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:[[Atlanta transit strike of 1950|Transit strike]], [[Atlanta Transit Company|Atlanta Transit Co.]] takes over transit from [[Georgia Power|Georgia Railway and Power]]
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; 1952
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:[[Buckhead]] annexed
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; 1958
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:[[Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing]] during the [[Civil Rights Movement]]
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; 1959
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:Trolleybuses, buses, public library desegregated;<br>[[Lenox Square]] mall opens<br>[[Atlanta metropolitan area|Metro]] population hits 1 million
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| list17title = 1960
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| list17 =
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{{center|pop. 487,455 - metro 1,312,474}}
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; 1960
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:Sit-ins at [[Rich's (department store)|Rich's]] lunch counters during the [[Civil Rights Movement]]
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; 1961
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:[[Ivan Allen Jr.]] becomes mayor;<br>[[Atlanta Public Schools|Public schools]] begin token desegregation;<br>[[Rich's (department store)|Rich's]] desegregates restaurant;<br>[[John C. Portman Jr.|John Portman]] opens [[AmericasMart|Merchandise Mart]], kicking off [[History of Atlanta#transformation of downtown|transformation of downtown]]
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; 1962
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:106 Atlanta art patrons die in [[Air France Flight 007#Impact on Atlanta, Georgia|Paris air crash]]
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; 1963
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:[[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|Trolleybuses]] converted en masse to buses
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:1966
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:[[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] play first season in Atlanta after moving from [[Milwaukee]]
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:[[National Football League]]'s [[Atlanta Falcons|Falcons]] play first season
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; 1968
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:[[Martin Luther King Jr.]] assassinated
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:[[National Basketball Association]]'s [[Atlanta Hawks|Hawks]] play first season in Atlanta after moving from [[St. Louis]]
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; 1969
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:[[Interstate 285 (Georgia)|Perimeter]] freeway opens
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| list18title = 1970
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| list18 =
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{{center|pop. 496,973 - metro 1,763,626}}
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; 1973
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:[[Maynard Jackson]] becomes first black [[List of mayors of Atlanta|mayor]]
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; 1979
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:[[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] opens first rail rapid transit line;<br>[[Atlanta murders of 1979–81|Child murders]] begin
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| list19title = 1980
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| list19 =
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{{center|pop. 425,022 - metro 2,233,324}}
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; 1980
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:[[CNN]] launches, [[Turner Broadcasting System|Turner]] empire takes off
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; 1982
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:[[Andrew Young]] becomes mayor
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; 1988
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:[[1988 Democratic National Convention|Democratic Convention]]
  
| header1 = before 1820s
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| list20title = 1990
| data2  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
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| list20 =
| label2  = 1762
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{{center|pop. 394,017 - metro 2,959,950}}
| data2  = [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned
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; 1992
}}
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:[[Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)|Bank of America Plaza]] completed, tallest US building outside of NYC and Chicago
| header3 = 1820s
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; 1996
| data4  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
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:[[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| label1  = 1821
 
| data1  = [[Creek Indians]] cede land that is now [[Metro Atlanta]]
 
| label2  = 1822
 
| data2  = [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] founded
 
}}
 
| header5 = 1830s
 
| data6  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1830
 
| data1  = Whitehall Tavern built at today's [[West End (Atlanta)|West End]]
 
| label2  = 1836
 
| data2  = [[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] approved
 
| label3  = 1839
 
| data3  = [[John Thrasher]] builds settlement at terminus
 
}}
 
| header7 = 1840s
 
| data8  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1842
 
| data1  = Name "Atlanta" approved;<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]
 
| label2  = 1846
 
| data2  = [[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]
 
| label3  = 1847
 
| data3  = Atlanta incorporated
 
}}
 
| header9 = 1850s
 
| data10  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1850
 
| data1  = [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded
 
| label2  = 1851
 
| data2  = [[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]]
 
| label3  = 1854
 
| data3  = [[Atlanta & West Point Railroad|Atlanta & La Grange RR]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]]
 
}}
 
| header11 = 1860s
 
| data12  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1861-1865
 
| data1    = [[American Civil War]]
 
| label2  = 1864
 
| data2    = [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]]
 
| label3  = 1865
 
| data3    = Civil War ends; slaves freed;<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]], founded
 
| label4  = 1868
 
| label4  = Atlanta made state capital
 
}}
 
| header13 = 1870s
 
| data14  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1871
 
| data1    = [[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
 
}}
 
| header15 = 1880s
 
| data16  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1880
 
| data1    = Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
 
| label2  = 1881
 
| data2    = [[International Cotton Exposition]]
 
| label3  = 1885
 
| data3    = [[Georgia Tech]] founded
 
| label4  = 1886
 
| data4    = 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]]
 
| label5  = 1887
 
| data5    = [[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded
 
| label6  = 1889
 
| data6    = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens
 
}}
 
| header17 = 1890s
 
| data18  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1895
 
| data1    = [[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]]
 
}}
 
| header19 = 1900s
 
| data20  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1906
 
| data1    = [[Atlanta Race Riot]] kills 27;<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side
 
}}
 
| header21 = 1910s
 
| data22  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1910
 
| data1    = Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow
 
| label2  = 1913
 
| data2    = [[Leo Frank]] lynching;<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]]
 
| label3  = 1914
 
| data3    = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]]
 
| label4  = 1917
 
| data4    = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]]
 
}}
 
| header23 = 1920s
 
| data24  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1923
 
| data1    = [[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 -->
 
}}
 
| header25 = 1930s
 
| data26  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1936
 
| data1    = [[William B. Hartsfield]] elected mayor;<br>[[Techwood Homes]] built, first public housing in US
 
| label2  = 1939
 
| data2    = ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets
 
}}
 
| header27 = 1940s
 
| data28  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1946
 
| data1    = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded
 
| label2  = 1949
 
| data2    = Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]]
 
}}
 
  
| header29 = 1950s
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| list21title = 2000
| data30  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
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| list21 =
| label1  = 1950
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{{center|pop. 416,474 - metro 4,112,198}}
| data1    = [[Atlanta transit strike of 1950|Transit strike]], [[Atlanta Transit Company|Atlanta Transit Co.]] takes over transit from [[Georgia Power|Georgia Railway and Power]]
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; 2005
| label2  = 1952
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:[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Airport]] becomes world's busiest;<br>[[BeltLine]] plan adopted, adding 40% to city's green space
| data2    = [[Buckhead (Atlanta)|Buckhead]] annexed
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; 2008
| label3  = 1958
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:[[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] becomes world's largest airline;<br>[[2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak|Downtown tornadoes]]
| data3    = Racist terrorists [[Bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple|bomb "The Temple"]], believing Jews support [[African American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)|black Civil Rights]]
 
| label4  = 1959
 
| data4    = Trolleybuses and buses desegregated;<br>[[Lenox Square]] mall opens
 
}}
 
| header31 = 1960s
 
| data32  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1960
 
| data1    = [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)#Sit-ins, 1960|Civil Rights sit-ins]] at [[Rich's]], lunch counters
 
| label2  = 1961
 
| data2    = [[Ivan Allen, Jr.]] becomes mayor;<br>[[Atlanta Public Schools|Public schools]] begin to desegregate;<br>[[Rich's]] desegregates restaurant;<br>[[John C. Portman, Jr.|John Portman]] opens [[AmericasMart|Merchandise Mart]], kicking off [[History of Atlanta#transformation of downtown|transformation of downtown]]
 
| label3  = 1962
 
| data3    = 106 Atlanta art patrons die in [[Air France Flight 007#Impact on Atlanta, Georgia|Paris air crash]]
 
| label4  = 1963
 
| data4    = [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|Trolleybuses]] converted en masse to buses
 
| label5  = 1968
 
| data5    = [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] assassinated
 
| label6  = 1969
 
| data6    = [[Interstate 285|Perimeter]] freeway opens
 
}}
 
| header33 = 1970s
 
| data34  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1973
 
| data1    = [[Maynard Jackson]] becomes first black [[List of mayors of Atlanta|mayor]]
 
| label2  = 1979
 
| data2    = [[MARTA]] opens first rail rapid transit line;<br>[[Atlanta murders of 1979–1981|Child murders]] begin
 
}}
 
| header35 = 1980s
 
| data36  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1980
 
| data1    = [[CNN]] launches, [[Turner Broadcasting System|Turner]] empire takes off
 
| label2  = 1982
 
| data2    = [[Andrew Young]] becomes mayor
 
| label3  = 1988
 
| data3    = [[1988 Democratic National Convention|Democratic Convention]]
 
}}
 
| header37 = 1990s
 
| data38  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 1992
 
| data1    = [[Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)|Bank of America Plaza]] completed, tallest US building outside of NYC and Chicago
 
| label2  = 1996
 
| data2    = [[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
 
}}
 
| header39 = 2000s
 
| data40  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 2005
 
| data1    = [[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Airport]] becomes world's busiest;<br>[[BeltLine]] plan adopted, adding 40% to city's green space
 
| label2  = 2008
 
| data2    = [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] becomes world's largest airline;<br>[[2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak|Downtown tornadoes]]
 
}}
 
| header41 = 2010s
 
| data42  = {{infobox|child=yes|labelstyle=background:#ddf;
 
| label1  = 2011
 
| data1    = Atlanta first US city to [[Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta|demolish all public housing projects]]
 
}}
 
  
}}<noinclude>
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| list22title = 2010
[[Category:Exclude in print]]
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| list22 =
[[Category:History and events templates]]
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{{center|pop. 420,003 - metro (CSA) 5,729,304}}
[[Category:United States history templates]]
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; 2011
</noinclude>
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:Atlanta first US city to [[Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta|demolish all public housing projects]]
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; 2013
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:[[Atlanta Public Schools]] supervisor [[Beverly Hall]] convicted in [[Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal|cheating scandal]]
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; 2017
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:[[Interstate 85 bridge collapse]]
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