The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta’s Greenbriar Mall.
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Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
Maynard Jackson was elected as the first black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded.
The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.