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20 Apr 1979
A swamp rabbit attacked President Jimmy Carter while he was fishing in Plains, Georgia.
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16 Oct 1973
Maynard Jackson was elected as the first black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
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4 Jul 1969
The first Atlanta International Pop Festival took place at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, with as many as 150,000 partygoers.
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24 Nov 1967
The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall.
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27 Jul 1962
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
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5 Feb 1958
A nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of Georgia, US.
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15 Dec 1939
Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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19 Jun 1939
In Atlanta, Georgia, legislation passed that made pinball machines illegal in the city.
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12 Mar 1912
The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded.
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29 Jan 1892
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
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8 May 1886
Dr. John Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.
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25 Jun 1868
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
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19 Jan 1861
The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.
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30 Mar 1842
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
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2 Jan 1788
Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
