Dr. John Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
The world's favorite soda, Coca-Cola, was sold in glass bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
The state of Georgia seceded from the United States of America.