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May 8: The Story of a Special Day

By Michael Dobson
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By Michael Dobson
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MAY 8, 1886 - COCA-COLA GOES ON SALE!The Story of a Special Day for May 8On May 8, 1886, at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, the first Coca-Cola was sold for the princely sum of 5 cents! In other news, Joan of Arc ended the Siege of Orleans (1429), World War II in Europe ended (1945), and smallpox was eradicated (1980).May 8 birthdays include US President Harry Truman, writer Thomas Pynchon, historian Edward Gibbon, musicians Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Nelson, insult comic Don Rickles,...

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