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The Coca-Cola Company · founded1886-05-08

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What the statuses mean

Valid from
1886-05-08
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-08
Checked
2026-11-09 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.95

Sources

“On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton brought his perfected syrup to Jacobs' Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta where the first glass of Coca‑Cola was poured.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-09

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Each form names the value, its as-of date (1886-05-08), the day you read it (2026-11-09), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text
AsOf. "The Coca-Cola Company founded: 1886-05-08", as of 1886-05-08. Claim clm_CEC3DAFC3792, https://asof.is/claim/clm_CEC3DAFC3792, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/about-us/history.
APA
AsOf. (1886). The Coca-Cola Company founded: 1886-05-08 (as of 1886-05-08) [Record clm_CEC3DAFC3792]. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_CEC3DAFC3792 (source: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/about-us/history)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_CEC3DAFC3792,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {The Coca-Cola Company founded: 1886-05-08},
  year = {1886},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_CEC3DAFC3792}},
  note = {Claim clm\_CEC3DAFC3792, as of 1886-05-08; source: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/about-us/history},
  urldate = {2026-11-09}
}

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