Fun #2:  ASPIRIN COCA-COLA The product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca-Cola®, and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Invention: Coca-Cola in 1886 Definition: noun / trademark Function: Popular carbonated soft drink colored usually with caramel and flavored usually with extracts from kola nuts and sweeteners Trademark: U.S. issued 1893