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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1973, Maynard Jackson was elected Atlanta’s first black mayor. As mayor, he increased the hiring of black police officers, expanded city … Continue reading Wedneday, October 16, 2024

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2024 Good morning! On this day in 1991, Clarence Thomas was confirmed by the Senate as a Supreme Court justice. Thomas was born in 1948 in Pinpoint … Continue reading Tuesday, October 15, 2024

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr., at 35, became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.  As we … Continue reading Monday, October 14, 2024

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1927, just months after his solo flight across the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh arrived in Atlanta for Lindbergh Day. “Lucky Lindy” landed … Continue reading Friday, October 11, 2024

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1920, Frank Sinkwich, the first Southern college football player to win the Heisman Trophy, was born in Pennsylvania. He scored 27 … Continue reading Thursday, October 10, 2024

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1779, Casimir Pulaski, who came from Poland to fight in the American Revolution, led Pulaski’s Legion, a cavalry unit, against … Continue reading Wednesday, October 9, 2024

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1895, the Liberty Bell came to Atlanta for the Cotton States Exposition. A two-mile parade carried it to Piedmont Park, … Continue reading Tuesday, October 8, 2024

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1866, Martha Berry, one of Georgia’s foremost educators, was born. Home-schooled, with only a year of formal education, she emphasized … Continue reading Monday, October 7, 2024

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1942, Bernice Johnson Reagon, the founder of the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, and a leader of … Continue reading Friday, October 4, 2024

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1924, Franklin D. Roosevelt first visited Warm Springs, where he later built a polio treatment center and his home, “The … Continue reading Thursday, Octorber 3, 2024