It was on this day in 1886 that Coca-Cola was first sold at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. It was created by John Pemberton, who had been wounded in the Civil War and as a result, became addicted to morphine. Pemberton also happened to have a medical degree, so he started searching for a substitute for his morphine problem. What he came up with was Pemberton’s French Wine Coca, an alcoholic drink that was made with coca (which contained trace amounts of cocaine) and kola nuts for their caffeine. However, in 1886 Prohibition legislation was passed, so Pemberton removed the alcohol from his drink and marketed it as “Coca-Cola: The temperance drink”. It was initially sold at drugstore soda fountains for 5 cents a glass, and Pemberton marketed it as a cure for many different diseases, from indigestion to headaches. He sold the ownership rights to a businessman named Asa Candler in 1888. Candler’s marketing tactics are what led Coke to its current dominance of the soft drink market. Today, more than 2.2 billion services of Coca-Cola products are consumed around the world every day. Learn more here.