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.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.
The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall.
A nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of Georgia, US.