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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1929
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| January 1, 1929 |
California's Roy Riegel scores winning TD in Rose Bowl for Georgia Tech
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Roy Riegels earns his 'Wrong Way' nickname |
| January 3, 1929 |
William Charles Adamson dies, New York City, NY. His body is interred at the City Cemetery in Carrollton
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William Charles Adamson |
| January 15, 1929 |
Martin Luther King born at 501 Auburn Avenue, home of Rev. King, Sr.
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Martin Luther King
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| March 12, 1929 |
Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler dies, Atlanta
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Asa Griggs Chandler |
| 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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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 17, 1929 |
Delta Air Services inaugural flight from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, including a stop at Monroe, where the company was headquartered. The 427-mile flight was completed in about 5 hours
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Delta Air Lines
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| July 10, 1929 |
Pitcairn Avaition, which manufactured planes and ran an Atlanta mail route, changes its name to Eastern Air Transport |
| July 20, 1929 |
Rome's Capitoline sculpture is given to the city by Italian leader Benito Mussolini. |
| October 12, 1929 |
First game played in Sanford Stadium. Georgia defeats Yale 15 to 0.
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| December 8, 1929 |
Edwin Lowe, salesman for a toy company that he eventually bought, witnessed a game of Beano at a carnival just outside Jacksonville (Georgia). He made significant changes to the board and renamed the game to Bingo.
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| December 25, 1929 |
Atlanta's Fox Theater opens
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| December 30, 1929 |
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| December 30, 1929 |
Lookout Mountain Caverns, on Lookout Mountain, opens (now known as Ruby Falls). Tours of the historic caverns will end in 1935.
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Lookout Mountain |
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