Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1866

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Barfield was the first woman to die by lethal injection in North Carolina. Barfield chose as her last meal a bag of Cheez Doodles and a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola, and wore pink pajamas and an adult diaper as she was put to death.
(2 November 1984)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 8th of May 1866 160 years, 10 months and 8 days ago
35-year-old pharmacist John Pemberton sells his first bottles of Coca-Cola as a 'delicious, refreshing, exhilarating, invigorating' medicine beverage and touted it as a 'valuable brain tonic' that would cure headaches, relieve exhaustion and calm nerves, for 5¢ a glass at soda fountains in Columbus, Georgia, United States. Coca Cola was first formulated by Pemberton at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company as Pemberton's French Wine Coca.