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sales
In the first year, Pemberton sold just 9 glasses of
Coca-Cola a day. -
coca cola invented
In May 1886,Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemborton a pharmacist from Atlanta,Georgia. -
advertisement
free drink coupons were distributed to encourage people to try coca cola. -
bottled
In 1894, a Mississippi businessman named Joseph Biedenharn became the first to put Coca-Cola in bottles. -
price
n 1899, two Chattanooga lawyers, Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead, secured exclusive rights from Candler to bottle and sell the beverage -- for the sum of only one dollar. -
shapeof bottle
n 1916, they began manufacturing the famous contour bottle. The contour bottle, which remains the signature shape of Coca-Cola today, was chosen for its attractive appearance, original design and the fact that, even in the dark, you could identify the genuine article. -
olympics
1928 introduced Coca-Cola to the Olympic Games for the first time when Coca-Cola traveled with the U.S. team to the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. -
war
In 1941, America entered World War II. Thousands of men and women were sent overseas. The country, and Coca-Cola, rallied behind them. Woodruff ordered that "every man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola for 5 cents, wherever he is, and whatever it costs the Company." In 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower sent an urgent cablegram to Coca-Cola, requesting shipment of materials for 10 bottling plants.
