Earth-shattering news today! On this date in 1886, the first Coca Cola was sold! yes! Let me hear you cheer! Coke! Coke! Okay, I am a Diet Coke fan, but this drink has been around a long time. Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton was searching for a cure for headache and exhaustion. Sadly, this inventor died but two years later. But his famous drink is still going strong all these years later!
So, enjoy a coke today. Or if you are in the south, figure out what flavor of coke you would like. Okay, that is not just a Southern thing--I know. This comes from the woman who is often told she has a Texan accent though I sound just like I always have (and I grew up in Washington state).
For more information, check out:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_cocacola_1.html
http://inhistorytoday.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/coca-cola-celebrates-125-years/
http://www.solarnavigator.net/sponsorship/coca_cola.htm
