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Chattanooga, TN

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.chattanooga.gov/

Population:
155554 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1815

County:
Hamilton County; Marion County

Founded 1815 as Ross' Landing, a trading post.

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
McCallie School
1905
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
1886

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Unum Provident
1999
Unum
1999
Chattem
1879

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Abshire
Government
11-Apr-1926   US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
William M. Barker
Judge
13-Sep-1941   Tennessee Chief Justice
William E. Brock
Politician
23-Nov-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
Daniel K. Frierson
Business
1942   CEO of The Dixie Group
Dennis Haskins
Actor
18-Nov-1950   Principal Belding on Saved by the Bell
Jeannette Marks
Poet
16-Aug-1875 1964 The Merry Merry Cuckoo
Bill McKinney
Actor
12-Sep-1931   Deliverance
Jon Meacham
Journalist
1969   Managing Editor of Newsweek
Lori Petty
Actor
14-Oct-1963   Tank Girl
Ishmael Reed
Novelist
22-Feb-1938   The Free-Lance Pallbearers
Mercer Reynolds
Politician
17-Jun-1945   Chief fundraiser behind GWB presidential campaigns
Gary W. Rollins
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Rollins
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues
Steve Watson
Game Show Host
11-Jun-1972   Host of Monster House
Reggie White
Football
19-Dec-1961 26-Dec-2004 NFL's Minister of Defense

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adolph Ochs
Publisher
12-Mar-1858 08-Apr-1935 New York Times Publisher, 1896-1936



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