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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000)
| October 1, 1901 |
After a year of operations, the Atlanta Daily News ceases publication
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| December 9, 1902 |
Immense early morning fire destroys several blocks of downtown Atlanta businesses in a blaze that can be seen 30 miles away
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| October 20, 1905 |
President Theodore Roosevelt visits Roswell (Roswell, Georgia history) and Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia history). The President's train stopped at Chamblee (Roswell Station), where he boarded the train to Roswell. He crossed the Chattahoochee River and visited both Bulloch Hall and Roswell Square, where he made brief comments. Roosevelt then had lunch at the Piedmont Driving Club (now Piedmont Park) and spoke at Georgia Tech before leaving for Jacksonville, Florida later that evening.
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| January 4, 1906 |
The 17-story Candler Building in Atlanta is dedicated
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| May 23, 1907 |
The Atlanta Crackers begin playing at Ponce de Leon park. 8,000 fans welcome them to their new $60,000 stadium
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| May 8, 1908 |
Fire near Terminal Station in Atlanta destroys a block of buildings. Buildings between Mitchell, Nelson, South Forsyth and Madison (now Spring St.) are a complete loss. Estimated property damage exceeds $1.2 million |
| July 21, 1910 |
Construction begins on Atlanta's Georgian Terrace
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| October 2, 1911 |
Georgian Terrace, Atlanta opens
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| October 11, 1911 |
Allen G. Newman's Peace Monument, a symbol of the reconciliation that occurred between the North and the South is dedicated at Atlanta's Piedmont Park
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| April 27, 1913 |
The body of Mary Phagan, bloody, broken, possibly sexually assaulted, was found in the basement of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta. Newt Lee, who found the body, is arrested.
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| October 30, 1913 |
Winecoff Hotel opens, 176 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. At 16 stories, it is the tallest building in the city.
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Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel |
| December 17, 1913 |
Atlanta's Capitol City Club, on the corner of Peachtree and Harris St. opens for business. |
| May 20, 1914 |
79 workers walk off the job at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, Atlanta, Georgia
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| May 26, 1914 |
In a letter to the editor, an Atlanta Constitution reader suggests carving a monument to the Confederacy at Stone Mountain
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Stone Mountain |
| June 14, 1914 |
In the Atlanta Georgian, John Temple Graves, editor of the New York American, calls for the creation of a memorial to the men who fought for the Confederacy. |
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Stone Mountain |
| December 6, 1915 |
Ku Klux Klan parade down Peachtree Street following the premiere of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation at the Atlanta Theater
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| May 21, 1917 |
Atlanta Fire destroys 300 acres of homes and businesses totaling 1938 structures. Although 10,000 people were displaced by the fire no one was killed.
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| April 25, 1920 |
Atlanta records a tempurature of 32 degrees, the latest freeze in its history. It also received over an inch of snow
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| November 2, 1920 |
Prisoner #9653 at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary got 919,799 votes in the U. S. Presidential election. His name was Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate
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| December 17, 1920 |
First meeting of the Lions Club in Georgia (Atlanta)
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| March 15, 1922 |
Broadcasting to an estimated 1,000 radio sets in the Atlanta area, WSB (Welcome South, Brother) becomes the first radio station in the South. The Atlanta Journal had received permission to begin broadcasting that afternoon. Those tuned in heard a jazz redition of the Light Cavalry Overture. Broadcast power was 100 watts
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WSB Atlanta |
| March 17, 1922 |
The radio station that will become WGST goes on the air. It is owned by The Atlanta Constitution
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| June 13, 1922 |
Atlanta's WSB raises its broadcast power to 500 watts
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WSB Atlanta |
| June 15, 1922 |
Marcus Garvey meets with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Edward Young Clarke, in Atlanta.
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| September 9, 1923 |
Stadium at Ponce de Leon park burns, destroying most of the Atlanta Crackers uniforms.
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| January 0, 1924 |
WBBF, Atlanta, (now WGST) licensed
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| February 3, 1924 |
Former President Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Augusta and practiced law in Atlanta, died in Washington, D. C.
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Woodrow Wilson |
| May 2, 1924 |
WDBE, owned by the Gilham-Schoen Electric Company, Gordon St., Atlanta, is licensed
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| February 8, 1925 |
After his arrest at the 125th Street Station in New York City, Marcus Garvey is taken to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to serve a sentence for his mail fraud conviction
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| February 13, 1925 |
Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler offers Candler Field to the city of Atlanta for use as an airport for a second time.
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| March 16, 1925 |
Atlanta's Board of Alderman accept Asa Candler's offer of Candler Field to become Atlanta Airport
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| April 20, 1925 |
William B. Hartsfield appointed head of committee to oversee Atlanta Airport operations
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| May 22, 1925 |
Dean Rusk graduates from Boys High School, Atlanta, Georgia
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Dean Rusk
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| February 9, 1926 |
Atlanta forbids the teaching of evolution in public schools
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| May 8, 1926 |
Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High (Mrs. Joseph Madison High) donates the land on which her house is built for the express purpose of building an art museum in Atlanta
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| August 2, 1926 |
Sears Roebuck on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta opens its doors for business |
| September 15, 1926 |
Air mail flights to Atlanta Airport (C. A. M. 10) begin
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| December 31, 1926 |
Last Atlanta flight of C. A. M 10. There was not enought business to support the Atlanta to Miami route.
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| July 18, 1927 |
Post Office advertises for bids for the Atlanta-New Orleans route (C. A. M. 23).
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| November 18, 1927 |
Having spent nearly three years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Marcus Garvey's sentence is commuted by President Calvin Coolidge. He is taken to New Orleans, where he is deported.
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| November 19, 1927 |
Pitcairn Air wins Miami to Atlanta contract
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| May 1, 1928 |
Atlanta to New York and Atlanta to New Orleans air mail service is launched
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| June 14, 1928 |
Cornerstone laid for Fox Theater, Atlanta
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| April 13, 1929 |
Harry M. Paschal, acting as Asa Candler's agent, receives a check for $94,000 from the city of Atlanta as payment in full for Candler Field
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| December 25, 1929 |
Atlanta's Fox Theater opens
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| March 4, 1930 |
Blaze levels hanger at Atlanta Airport, destroying twenty aircraft
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| April 18, 1930 |
Atlanta's "new" Union Station opens for business. The facility on Forsyth Street replaced an earlier Union Station on the corner of Pryor and Wall Street. |
| December 9, 1930 |
Service from Atlanta to New York inaugurated with a who's who list of names including New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Georgia Gov-elect Richard B. Russell, U.S. Senator Walter George (Georgia), and Ernie Pyle. Regular service began the following day.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| August 29, 1931 |
Celebration is held on St. Simons Island for the completion of a highway from Atlanta to Brunswick, GA. This meant it was now possible to travel to most cities on paved road.
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| May 4, 1932 |
Al Capone, convicted on tax evasion charges, entered Atlanta Penitentiary.
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| May 30, 1939 |
Mayor William Hartsfield announces major improvements to Atlanta Airport (Candler Field) after two planes run off the runways earlier in 1939
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| August 7, 1939 |
At Rich's Department Store in downtown Atlanta, pianist and popular radio show host Art Gillham performs on the first demonstration of television in the Southeast United States. |
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Art Gillham |
| October 19, 1939 |
Atlanta is one of twelve hubs when the national air traffic control network begins operation
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| December 15, 1939 |
Atlanta is the site for the premiere of "Gone With The Wind," the classic American romance
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Gone With The Wind
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Margaret Mitchell |
| January 23, 1940 |
Ten inches of snow covers Atlanta, largest recorded snow to date
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| May 3, 1940 |
Henry Flipper dies of a heart attack in the home of his brother, Bishop Joseph S. Flipper, Atlanta
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| October 4, 1940 |
Atlanta Airport declared an air base
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| October 14, 1940 |
Improvements ordered to Atlanta Airport by the WPA. In the following year the airport is virtually rebuilt
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| November 23, 1940 |
Dedication of Joel Hurt Park, Atlanta
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| March 1, 1941 |
Delta moves its operations to Atlanta to better serve its two routes, Atlanta to Cincinnati and Atlanta to Savannah
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Delta Air Lines
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| November 1, 1941 |
CAA takes over the control tower at Atlanta Airport (Now Hartsfield International Airport)
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| February 27, 1942 |
Martha Berry dies, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Martha Berry |
| April 13, 1945 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral train stops in Atlanta to change engines on the way to Washington, D. C. Thousands turn out to say a final good-bye to the President. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| December 7, 1946 |
119 people lose their lives in the worst hotel disaster in the United States when Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel burned. The hotel had 15 stories, but Atlanta fire-fighting equipment could not handle any building taller than 8 stories
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Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel |
| August 11, 1949 |
After enjoying drinks at the Atlanta Women's Club Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh cross Peachtree Street at 13th Street to a movie theater showing "Canterbury Tales." She is hit by a speeding taxi whose driver is drunk.
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Margaret Mitchell |
| August 18, 1965 |
The Beatles appear at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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