Atlanta Botanical Garden Durban South Africa Atlanta Gas Light is the natural gas utility for the region and has been so for over a century and a half since it installed gas lamps in Atlanta in 1856 it operated as a regulated monopoly until November 1998 the after the state legislature voted in early 1997 to deregulate natural gas marketing and make customers choose among nearly 20 different marketers still selling the same AGL-wholesaled gas such as Gas South Infinite Energy SCANA and Georgia Natural Gas Most of the gas comes via pipeline from Louisiana. Atlanta also was the home to the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling hosted two Starcade events held each Thanksgiving night by WCW Atlanta also hosted WrestleMania XXVII in the Georgia Dome on April 3 2011, 8 Legacy passenger mile Energy consumption The Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional in the 1960s. By the end of the 1973 season Aaron had hit 713 home runs one short of Ruth's record Throughout the winter he received racially motivated death threats but stood up well under the pressure the next season it was only a matter of time before he set a new record on April 4 opening day he hit No.714 in Cincinnati and on April 8 in front of his home fans and a national television audience he finally beat Ruth's mark with a home run to left-center field off left-hander Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers Aaron spent most of his career as a Milwaukee and Atlanta Brave before asking to be traded to the Milwaukee Brewers while Ruth finished his career as a Boston Brave in fact until Barry Bonds eclipsed the 714 home runs hit by Babe Ruth in 2006 the top two home run hitters in Major League history had at one time been Braves, US 278.svg U.S Route 278, Six National League Cy Young Awards in the 1990s were awarded to three Braves pitchers:; Amtrak carried 15,848,327 passengers in 1972 its first full year of operation Ridership has increased steadily ever since carrying a record 31.739 million passengers in fiscal year 2017 double the total in 1972, Georgia has voted Republican in six consecutive presidential elections since 1996 Other race 0.6% 2.4% 4.0%. 7.1.2 U.S highways 2.3 Ecology 10.2 Health care, Buzz the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets' mascot. Records Georgia 401.svg State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75) Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the world's busiest airport as measured by both passenger traffic and aircraft traffic is located in Georgia Also the Port of Savannah is the fourth largest seaport and fastest-growing container seaport in North America importing and exporting a total of 2.3 million TEUs per year. Injury icon 2.svg 7- or 10-day injured list 85 2312.
. ; Recently Atlanta has been a center for film and television production largely because of the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act which awards qualified productions a transferable income tax credit of 20% of all in-state costs for film and television investments of $500,000 or more Film and television production facilities based in Atlanta include Turner Studios Pinewood Studios (Pinewood Atlanta) Tyler Perry Studios Williams Street Productions and the EUE/Screen Gems soundstages Film and television production injected $9.5 billion into Georgia's economy in 2017 with Atlanta garnering most of the projects As a result by the following year Atlanta emerged as one of the all-time most popular destinations for film production globally, Jeffrey Moreland vice-chairman Atlanta Parent During the first decades of the 20th century Atlanta experienced a period of unprecedented growth in three decades' time Atlanta's population tripled as the city limits expanded to include nearby streetcar suburbs the city's skyline emerged with the construction of the Equitable Flatiron Empire and Candler buildings; and Sweet Auburn emerged as a center of black commerce the period was also marked by strife and tragedy Increased racial tensions led to the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 which left at least 27 people dead and over 70 injured in 1913 Leo Frank a Jewish-American factory superintendent was convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old girl in a highly publicized trial He was hanged in Marietta by a lynch mob in 1915 after having his death sentence commuted an event which deeply impacted the Jewish community in Atlanta and across the country on May 21 1917 the Great Atlanta Fire destroyed 1,938 buildings in what is now the Old Fourth Ward resulting in one fatality and the displacement of 10,000 people. .
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