The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
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In Atlanta, Georgia, legislation passed that made pinball machines illegal in the city.
Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
The first Atlanta International Pop Festival took place at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, with as many as 150,000 partygoers.
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
