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 * John Stith Pemberton** who was born in January 8, 1831 and died August 16, 1888 was best known for inventing the soda pop. He was a druggist and chemist in Columbus, Georgia, Pemberton began work on a coca wine, an alcoholic beverage mixed with coca, kola nut and damiana called Pemberton's French Wine Coca. Later on he created a non-alcoholic version. He then called it coca-cola. Asa Candler bought the business in 1888. In 1894, Coke was sold in bottles for the first time. During World War II, bottling plants were set up in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. He later developed a addiction to morphine.