Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is one of the most popular soft drinks in the world. It was first made by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, America in 1886. Dr. Pemberton was not a real doctor, but he sold syrup to the people who were ill. At first, he made his Coca-Cola drink with syrup and soda water. Then he gave it to his friends to try. They like it but asked him to make it even better.

To improve his drink, he decided to add coca leaves, cola nuts and some other things that he kept in secret. Meanwhile, 99% of it was still sugar and soda water. He called his new drink “Coca Cola.” However, it did not sell well at first, so he sold his secret, and he died two years later.

In 1892, Asa Candler bought the secret and started the Coca-Cola Company. At that time, people had to drink the soft drink in the shops. When Coca-Cola became very popular, people wanted to take bottles of it home, so Mr. Candler agreed to sell it in bottles.

In 1919, Mr. Candler sold his part of the company for US $ 25 million. Today, Coca-Cola Company is one of the largest companies in America, and people can buy Coca-Cola in many countries. It is still the same drink that at Dr. Pemberton made in 1886.

Kellogg's

Kellogg’s

Will Kellogg, an American, was born in 1860. He discovered new breakfast by mistake. Compared to his brother who was a doctor, he had little education. He worked with his brother at the Battle Creek Health Center in Michigan. They tried to make new healthy food from wheat for the patients. They boiled it and rolled it out flat, but nothing seemed to work.

One day, Will cooked some wheat as usual and had to leave. When he came back, the wheat had become stale. He decided to roll it, and he was very surprised to see it become flakes. After baking, they were light brown in color. Then he developed his wheat flakes until there was no stale wheat. He began serving his patients new breakfast. They loved it so much and bought it home, also.

Later, he made a new cereal from corn called corn flakes. His business grew very well, so he decided to start his cereal company, the Toasted Corn Flake Company. Since then the way we eat breakfast has been changed.

Colonel Sanders

KFC

KFC or Kentucky Food Center

was pioneered by an American, Colonel Harland Sanders. Because his father died, his mother had to work outsides. Sanders had to look after his young siblings and cooked for them, also. He loved cooking very much. When he was a youth, he applied for a soldier, and after that he got married. Until the age of 40, he would rather have his own business. With his little savings, he could have a small gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. Then he began making fried chickens for hungry travelers, and that pleased them so much. One day Governor Ruby Laffoon visited there because of Sander’s fame that grew more and more. The governor made him a Kentucky Colonel since what he did made reputation to the state.

Later, he completed his own perfect recipe and basic cooking techniques. In his old age, he sold his franchising business that made much interest to many people. After visiting KFC Restaurants around the world, he died of leukemia in 1980 at the age of 90.

Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel


Coco Chanel or Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, a well-known French designer, was born in Loire Valley in 1883. When she was young, she was sent to the orphanage because of her poor family. On school vacations, she learned to sew from her relatives in Moulins. At the age of 18, she left the orphanage and started her work as a local tailor. She used to be a singer in cafes and concert halls, too, and she got the nickname Coco from the soldiers who went to watch her.

As a result of World War I, she had to move to Deauvile, and she became the wife of a rich military officer and then a rich English industrialist. Her relation to these men made her can have her own hat’s shop in Paris and boutiques both in Deauvile and Biarritz.

She was the first designer who made loose women’s clothes that became very popular. She also established Maison Chanel, which was a fashion force to be reckoned with.
In 1922, she launched the perfume, Chanel No.5, which has been very famous by now. Later, she designed woman clothing in various styles, such as cardigan jacket and little black dress that are still a main part of her collection.

Coco Chanel died in 1971 at the age of 88. She spent her last moments of life in her private apartment in the Ritz. These days, women still remember her thank to her contribution to the world of fashion.

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz was born by two Germans, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz. Both of them were fascinated by machines since they were young. Because of their doubts in various types of machines, they started to invent new vehicles.

In 1886, Carl built a motorized tricycle and then four-wheel, Victory. His first car production was Benz Velo, which he used for his car racing. He also built a truck in a year later.

In the same year as Carl, Daimler built a carriage without horses. Later, he made a business deal with William Steinway to produce his vehicles. With his car, he took part in car racing, too, and he met Carl as an opponent. Both of them did well in the competition. Daimler’s racing car was impressed by Emil Jellinek, a rich banker and sport man of Vienna. He usually won the race with the use of Daimler’s car. He named his car after his daughter, Mercedes. He also supported Daimler in production and development of the cars to be most powerful.

Later, Carl Benz and Daimler became partners producing cars under the name of Mercedes-Benz, which we have known up to the present time.