The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta’s Greenbriar Mall.
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A swamp rabbit attacked President Jimmy Carter while he was fishing in Plains, Georgia.
The first Atlanta International Pop Festival took place at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, with as many as 150,000 partygoers.
The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.