A pharmacist named Caleb Bradham made Pepsi to cure stomach aches. He named it after the medicine pepsin. Even though Pepsi didn't contain the kola nut or pepsin it was still called Pepsi Cola to compete with Coke a cola.

When Pepsi was first being sold in soda fountains it only cost 5¢ for a glass about 6.5oz of Pepsi. Then, Pepsi's founder Caleb Bradham invented the metal crown cap and started selling 6.5oz of Pepsi in a glass bottle. It was all so sold for 5¢. CocaCola soon caught on to selling pop in a glass bottle so Pepsi started selling a 12oz bottle of Pepsi for the same price.

 1893--Caleb Bradham, a young pharmacist from New Bern, North Carolina, begins experimenting with many different soft drink concoctions; patrons and friends sample them at his drugstore soda fountain.

1898--One of Caleb's formulations, known as "Brad's Drink," a combination of carbonated water, sugar, vanilla amd rare oils, is renamed "Pepsi-Cola" on August 28, 1898. Pepsi-Cola receives its frist logo.

1940--Pepsi-Cola Company makes advertising history with "Nickel, Nickel," the first advertising jingle ever broadcast nationwide on radio.

1964--Diet Pepsi, America's first national diet soft drink, debuts.

1989--Pepsi lunges into the next decade by declaring Pepsi lovers "A Generation Ahead."

1998--Pepsi celebrates its 100th anniversary.

The word "pop" came from the noise made when you removed the crown cap off a bottle of Pepsi.

During world war I Caleb saw the maneuverability of the new plains and also saw sky writing being developed.

Caleb thought that would be a grand way of advertising. Soon after that his idea became a reality.

Across the sky it said Pepsi and it was about 5 miles wide. He started having sky writing at the beach

and any were there was lots of potential customers.