This schedule accompanies Introduction to Pop - The history of soft drinks
Soft drinks are, by definition, beverages, drinks are. Soft drinks are also used as referees soda, pop, pop, or tonic.
1798 The "soda" first coined term.
1810 First U.S. Patent for the manufacture of imitation mineral water production.
1819 The "soda fountain" patented by Samuel Fahnestock.
1835 The first use soda bottles into the joint filling the U.S. to help your work.
1850, a manual and hand-foot filling and corking device, first used for bottling soda water.
1851 Ginger ale created in Ireland.
1861 The term "pop" first coined.
1874 The first ice cream soda sold.
1876 Root Beer mass-produced for sale to the public.
1881 The first cola-flavored beverage introduced.
1885 Charles Aderton invented "Dr Pepper" in Waco, Texas.
1886 Dr. John S. Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892 William Painter invented the bottle cap crown.
1898 "Pepsi-Cola" is invented by Caleb Bradham.
1899 The first patent for a machine for blowing glass used to produce glass bottles on the screen.
1913 has led to gas trucks replaced horse-drawn carriages as delivery vehicles.
1919 The U.S. soft drink bottler formed.
1920 The U.S. Census reported that more than 5,000 bottlers now exist.
In early 1920, the first machines distributed sodas into cups.
1923 Six-pack soft drink cartons called "Hom-Paks" created.
1929, the company debuted the new Howdy drink "Bib-Label lithiated lemon-lime soda" later "7 Up". Invented by Charles Leiper Grigg.
In 1934, color labels applied first used on beverage bottles, the coloring was baked on the side of the bottle.
1952 The first diet soft drinks sold as "No-Cal Beverage" a ginger ale with cherry sold.
1957 The first use of aluminum cans.
1959 The first diet cola sales.
1962 The first ring-pull by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company Pittsburgh, PA markets. The pull ring tab was invented by Alcoa.
1963 The slot Brewing Company, the "Pop Top" beer can led the nation in March, Ermal Fraze invented in Kettering, Ohio.
1965 Soft drinks in cans dispensed from vending machines.
1965 The resealable top invented.
1966 The U.S. soft drink bottler renamed The National Soft Drink Association.
1970 Plastic bottles are used for soft drinks.
1973 PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle created.
1974 The party invented the tab. Presented by the Falls Brewing Company in Louisville, KY.
1979 Mello Yello soft drink is made by the Coca Cola competition against Mountain Dew.
1981 The "talking" vending machine invented.

Interesting. Didn't realize that Ginger Ale, Dr. Pepper and Root Beer all appeared before Coke. Ya' learn something new everyday.

Slurpee 1967

Never knew that SODA was invented in Atlanta.
Now I know...