1968 Lucy Lawless - New Zealand actress (Xena: Warrior Princess, The Rainbow Warrior, Peach, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Battlestar Galactica)

I never saw her in anything until My Life is Murder on ACORN TV. I have really enjoyed her performances and the stories.

1886 Atlanta chemist John Pemberton brewed up the first batch of his new "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage" over a backyard fire. He called it Coca-Cola, after its main ingredient, coca leaves

I'm not much of a soda drinker but I'll always order a Coke over any of the others.