Maynard Jackson was elected as the first black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
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The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
In Atlanta, Georgia, legislation passed that made pinball machines illegal in the city.
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta was blown to smithereens in a controlled demolition.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
