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|header10 = 1840s | |header10 = 1840s | ||
|label11= 1842 | |label11= 1842 | ||
| − | |data11= Name "Atlanta" approved<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] | + | |data11= Name "Atlanta" approved;<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] |
|label12 = 1846 | |label12 = 1846 | ||
|data12 = [[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] | |data12 = [[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] | ||
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|data16 = [[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]] | |data16 = [[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]] | ||
|label17 = 1854 | |label17 = 1854 | ||
| − | |data17 = [[Atlanta & West Point Railroad|Atlanta & La Grange RR]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta | + | |data17 = [[Atlanta & West Point Railroad|Atlanta & La Grange RR]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]] |
|header18 = 1860s | |header18 = 1860s | ||
|label19 = 1861-1865 | |label19 = 1861-1865 | ||
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|data20 = [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]] | |data20 = [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]] | ||
|label21=1865 | |label21=1865 | ||
| − | |data21 = Civil War ends; slaves freed<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]] founded | + | |data21 = Civil War ends; slaves freed;<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]], founded |
| − | | | + | |label22=1868 |
| − | | | + | |label22 = Atlanta made state capital |
| − | | | + | |header23=1870s |
| + | |label24 = 1871 | ||
| + | |data24 = [[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion | ||
|header25=1880s | |header25=1880s | ||
|label26= 1880 | |label26= 1880 | ||
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|data27 = [[Georgia Tech]] founded | |data27 = [[Georgia Tech]] founded | ||
|label28= 1886 | |label28= 1886 | ||
| − | |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]] | + | |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]] |
|label29 = 1887 | |label29 = 1887 | ||
|data29 = [[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded | |data29 = [[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded | ||
|label30 = 1889 | |label30 = 1889 | ||
| − | |data30 = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city | + | |data30 = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens |
|header31 = 1890s | |header31 = 1890s | ||
| − | |label32= | + | |label32= 1895 |
| − | |data32= | + | |data32= [[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]] |
|header33=1900s | |header33=1900s | ||
|label34=1906 | |label34=1906 | ||
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|data36= Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow | |data36= Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow | ||
|label37 = 1913 | |label37 = 1913 | ||
| − | |data37 = [[Leo Frank]] lynching | + | |data37 = [[Leo Frank]] lynching<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]] |
|label38 = 1914 | |label38 = 1914 | ||
|data38 = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] | |data38 = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] | ||
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|data39 = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]] | |data39 = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]] | ||
|header40=1920s | |header40=1920s | ||
| − | |label41= | + | |label41=1923 |
| − | |data41= | + | |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 --> |
|header42 = 1930s | |header42 = 1930s | ||
| − | |label43 = 1939 | + | |label43=1937 |
| − | | | + | |data43=[[William B. Hartsfield]] becomes mayor |
| − | | | + | |label44 = 1939 |
| − | | | + | |data44= ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets |
| − | | | + | |header45 = 1940s |
| − | | | + | |label46 = 1946 |
| − | | | + | |data46= [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded |
| − | | | + | |label47=1949 |
| + | |data47 = Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]] | ||
| + | |header48 = 1950s | ||
| + | |label49 = 1952 | ||
| + | |data49= [[Buckhead (Atlanta)|Buckhead]] annexed | ||
| + | |label50=1958 | ||
| + | |data50 = 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]] | ||
| + | |label51=1959 | ||
| + | |data51 = Trolleybuses and buses desegregated;<br>[[Lenox Square]] mall opens | ||
| + | |header52 = 1960s | ||
| + | |label53=1960 | ||
| + | |data53= [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)#Sit-ins, 1960|Civil Rights sit-ins]] at [[Rich's]], lunch counters | ||
| + | |label54=1961 | ||
| + | |data54=[[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]] | ||
| + | |label55=1962 | ||
| + | |data55= 106 Atlanta art patrons die in [[Air France Flight 007#Impact on Atlanta, Georgia|Paris air crash]] | ||
| + | |label56=1963 | ||
| + | |data56= [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|Trolleybuses]] converted en masse to buses | ||
| + | |label57=1968 | ||
| + | |data58=[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] assassinated | ||
| + | |label58=1969 | ||
| + | |data58 = [[Interstate 285|Perimeter]] freeway opens | ||
| + | |header59=1970s | ||
| + | |label60=1973 | ||
| + | |data60=[[Maynard Jackson]] becomes first black [[List of mayors of Atlanta|mayor]] | ||
| + | |label61 = 1979 | ||
| + | |data61 = [[MARTA]] opens first rail rapid transit line;<br>[[Atlanta murders of 1979–1981|Child murders]] begin | ||
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| + | |header62=1980s | ||
| + | |label63=1980 | ||
| + | |data63=[[CNN]] launches, [[Turner Broadcasting System|Turner]] empire takes off | ||
| + | |label64=1982 | ||
| + | |data64= [[Andrew Young]] becomes mayor | ||
| + | |label65=1988 | ||
| + | |data65=[[1988 Democratic National Convention|Democratic Convention]] | ||
| + | |header66=1990s | ||
| + | |label67=1996 | ||
| + | |data67=[[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] | ||
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| + | |header68=2000s | ||
| + | |label69=2005 | ||
| + | |data69=[[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Airport]] becomes world's busiest;<br>[[BeltLine]] plan adopted, adding 40% to city's green space | ||
| + | |label70 = 2008 | ||
| + | |data70 = [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] becomes world's largest airline;<br>[[2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak|Downtown tornadoes]] | ||
| + | |header72=2010s | ||
| + | |label74=2011 | ||
| + | |data74=Atlanta first US city to [[Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta|demolish all public housing projects]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:59, 26 January 2012
![]() Seal of the City of Atlanta | |
| before 1820s | |
|---|---|
| 1762 | Standing Peachtree, Native American trading post first mentioned |
| 1820s | |
| 1821 | Creek Indians cede land that is now Metro Atlanta |
| 1822 | Decatur founded |
| 1830s | |
| 1830 | Whitehall Tavern built at today's West End |
| 1836 | Western and Atlantic Railroad approved |
| 1839 | John Thrasher builds settlement at terminus |
| 1840s | |
| 1842 | Name "Atlanta" approved; Georgia Railroad arrives from Augusta |
| 1846 | Macon & Western RR connects Atlanta with port of Savannah |
| 1847 | Atlanta incorporated |
| 1850s | |
| 1850 | Oakland Cemetery founded |
| 1851 | W&A RR connects Atlanta to The Midwest |
| 1854 | Atlanta & La Grange RR connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire South |
| 1860s | |
| 1861-1865 | American Civil War |
| 1864 | Civil War Atlanta Campaign, burning of Atlanta |
| 1865 | Civil War ends; slaves freed; Atlanta University, 1st Atlanta black college, founded |
| 1870s | |
| 1871 | Horse-drawn streetcars appear, enabling city expansion |
| 1880s | |
| 1880 | Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city |
| 1885 | Georgia Tech founded |
| 1886 | Atlanta goes "dry"; Coca-Cola first sold; Henry Grady's "New South" speech in New York |
| 1887 | Inman Park, first garden suburb, founded |
| 1889 | First electric streetcars enable further expansion of city; State Capitol building opens |
| 1890s | |
| 1895 | Cotton States Expo; Booker T. Washington gives "Atlanta Compromise" Speech |
| 1900s | |
| 1906 | Atlanta Race Riot kills 27 Black businesses move to Sweet Auburn and west side |
| 1910s | |
| 1910 | Restaurants segregated; other Jim Crow laws follow |
| 1913 | Leo Frank lynching Georgia Tech starts "evening college", now Georgia State |
| 1914 | Coca-Cola president Asa Griggs Candler donates land for Emory University campus in Druid Hills |
| 1917 | Great Atlanta fire |
| 1920s | |
| 1923 | Spring Street Viaduct opens, downtown rises above train tracks |
| 1930s | |
| 1937 | William B. Hartsfield becomes mayor |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind premiere draws 300,000 to streets |
| 1940s | |
| 1946 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) founded |
| 1949 | Last streetcar line converted to trolleybus |
| 1950s | |
| 1952 | Buckhead annexed |
| 1958 | Racist terrorists bomb "The Temple", believing Jews support black Civil Rights |
| 1959 | Trolleybuses and buses desegregated; Lenox Square mall opens |
| 1960s | |
| 1960 | Civil Rights sit-ins at Rich's, lunch counters |
| 1961 | Ivan Allen, Jr. becomes mayor; Public schools begin to desegregate; Rich's desegregates restaurant; John Portman opens Merchandise Mart, kicking off transformation of downtown |
| 1962 | 106 Atlanta art patrons die in Paris air crash |
| 1963 | Trolleybuses converted en masse to buses |
| 1969 | Perimeter freeway opens |
| 1970s | |
| 1973 | Maynard Jackson becomes first black mayor |
| 1979 | MARTA opens first rail rapid transit line; Child murders begin |
| 1980s | |
| 1980 | CNN launches, Turner empire takes off |
| 1982 | Andrew Young becomes mayor |
| 1988 | Democratic Convention |
| 1990s | |
| 1996 | Summer Olympics |
| 2000s | |
| 2005 | Airport becomes world's busiest; BeltLine plan adopted, adding 40% to city's green space |
| 2008 | Delta becomes world's largest airline; Downtown tornadoes |
| 2010s | |
| 2011 | Atlanta first US city to demolish all public housing projects |
