Present Simple Passive or the Past Simple Passive.

Coca-Cola ... (first to make) in Atlanta, USA, on 8 May 1886. Dr John S. Pemberton, a local pharmacist, made the first syrup for Coca-Cola and carried a jug of it down the street to Jacob’s Pharmacy where people tasted it and said it was «excellent». 

The syrup ... (to sell) for five cents a glass, but it was very strong tasting because it ... (not to mix) with water. 

The drink ... (to call) «Coca-Cola» because of the coca leaves and kola fruits that ... (to use) to add flavour. 

Dr Pemberton’s partner and bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, suggested the name «Coca- Cola» because he thought that using the letter «С» instead of the letter «К» in the word «Cola» would look better. Coca-Cola ... (first to make) the way it is now in Columbus, Georgia. 

It... (to sell) as a medicine to help cure colds and give people more energy. 

Nowadays this drink ... (to know) all over the world. 

 It ... (to recognize) as the world’s best-selling soft drink. 

The company’s headquarters ... (to situate) in Atlanta, Georgia.