On May 6, 2003, several hundred people gathered in the rain to witness the lighting of an Atlanta landmark -- the return of a Coca-Cola neon sign to downtown Atlanta after an absence of more than 20 years. Just two days before the Company&#x27;s 117th birthday, Doug Daft, chairman of The Coca-Cola Company, Lowry Kline, chairman of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin lit a retro version of the famous landmark.