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Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in the U.S...

Timeline of Events

1864

8.31.1864

During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

9.7.1864

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

11.15.1864

American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea. thumb is deposed and Brazil becomes a republic.]]

1886

3.29.1886

Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

1932

5.4.1932

In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.

1939

12.15.1939

''Gone with the Wind'' receives its première at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

1946

12.7.1946

A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

1996

5.11.1996

After the aircraft's departure from Miami, Florida, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.

7.27.1996

Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.

8.1.1996

Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

2006

8.27.2006

Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.