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| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]]
 
| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]]
 
| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]]
 
| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]]
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| heading1 = History
 
| heading1 = History
  
| list2title = Before 1820s
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| list2title = Before 1820
 
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; 1762
 
; 1762
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:Atlanta incorporated
 
:Atlanta incorporated
  
| list6title =1850 (pop. 2,572)
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| list6title =1850
 
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{{center|pop. 2,572}}
 
;1850
 
;1850
 
:[[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded
 
:[[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded
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:[[Atlanta and La Grange Railroad]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]]
 
:[[Atlanta and La Grange Railroad]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]]
  
| list7title =1860 (pop. 9,554)
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| list7title =1860
 
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{{center|pop. 9,554}}
 
;1861-1865
 
;1861-1865
 
:[[American Civil War]]
 
:[[American Civil War]]
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:Atlanta made state capital
 
:Atlanta made state capital
  
| list8title =1870 (pop. 21,879)
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| list8title =1870
 
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{{center|pop. 21,879}}
 
;1871
 
;1871
 
:[[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
 
:[[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
  
| list9title =1880 (pop. 37,409)
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| list9title =1880
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{{center|pop. 37,409}}
 
;1880
 
;1880
 
:Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
 
:Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
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:First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens
 
: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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{{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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{{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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{{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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{{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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{{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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; 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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{{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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{{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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; 1968
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:[[Martin Luther King Jr.]] assassinated
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; 1969
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:[[Interstate 285|Perimeter]] freeway opens
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| list18title = 1970
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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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{{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]]
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| list20title = 1990
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{{center|pop. 394,017 - metro 2,959,950}}
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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
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; 1996
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:[[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
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| list21title = 2000
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{{center|pop. 416,474 - metro 4,112,198}}
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; 2005
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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
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; 2008
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:[[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] becomes world's largest airline;<br>[[2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak|Downtown tornadoes]]
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| list22title = 2010
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{{center|pop. 420,003 - metro (CSA) 5,729,304}}
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; 2011
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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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