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the Peachtree Road Race, held annually on July 4 (U.S. Independence Day) in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world's largest 10 kilometer road race with 55,000 runners participating in 2007?
the first modern time capsule was Thornwell Jacobs’ Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, due to be opened May 28, 8113?
the metal finishing on more than 10,000 Olympic torches used in the torch relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was done by the Erie Plating Company?
in November 1931, American country blues harmonicist Eddie Mapp was found stabbed to death at the age of 20 on an Atlanta, Georgia, street corner?
Joshua Packwood is the first white man to graduate as valedictorian of the all-male HBCU, Morehouse College, an overwhelmingly African American university in Atlanta, Georgia?
Kelbessa Negewo was charged with murder in his home country of Ethiopia after one of the women who claims he tortured her discovered him working as a bellhop in an Atlanta, Georgia hotel elevator?
Alliance for Labor Action launched a $4 million organizing drive targeting African American workers in Atlanta, Georgia, in the fall of 1969?

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The flag of the United States of America circa 2033.

Atlanta is an Earth city located within the state of Georgia, which is part of the United States of America. The city is the capital of Georgia and has been a major city in the southeastern United States for hundreds years.

The city serves as the home of the Atlanta Constitution news service. (TOS novel: Provenance of Shadows)

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, and began his career as a preacher and civil rights leader there.

In 2227, Leonard McCoy was born in Atlanta. (TNG episode "Encounter at Farpoint", TOS novels The Final Reflection & Provenance of Shadows) His father later died in Atlanta. (TOS novelization Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

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In an alternate timeline, Atlanta was destroyed in 1954 by a Nazi nuclear bomb. (TOS novel Provenance of Shadows)

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Atlanta (pronounced /ætˈlæntə/) is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Georgia, and the core city of the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

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The Atlanta Thrashers call Atlanta home, playing there home games in Philips Arena.

Atlanta is also the host for the 2008 NHL All-Star Game.

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