1. In 1735, John and Charles Wesley arrived in Savannah, Georgia, as part of their mission to spread Methodism to the American colonies. John Wesley would later found the first Methodist societies in Georgia, and his influence helped to establish Methodism as a major religious movement in the state.

2. On October 23, 1864, Union troops under the command of General William T. Sherman captured the city of Rome, Georgia, as part of their advance towards Atlanta during the Civil War. The capture of Rome was a significant blow to the Confederate cause, as the city was an important transportation hub and manufacturing center.

3. In 1955, Atlanta native Martin Luther King Jr. was appointed pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. King would later become a prominent civil rights leader, leading the Montgomery bus boycott and playing a key role in the March on Washington in 1963.

4. On October 23, 1983, an explosion at the Hodgson Oil Building in Savannah killed 14 people and injured more than 20 others. The cause of the explosion was determined to be a gas leak, and the tragedy remains one of the worst industrial accidents in Georgia history.

5. In 2002, the Atlanta Braves won their 12th consecutive division title, a record in Major League Baseball. The team had dominated the National League East throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, winning the World Series in 1995 and making five other appearances in the championship series during that time.