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

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The event was not reported in the news for forty eight hours. The survivors were only allowed to send telegrams saying "Alive and well in Novorossiysk."
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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 8th of May 1866 159 years ago He Would Cure Headaches, Relieve Exhaustion and Calm Nerves
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.