In 2008 India’s health ministry proposed the World Health Assembly in Geneva that October 2 be declared World No Alcohol Day. The date was picked as it coincides with Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. So it’s the perfect day to enjoy the most famous non-alcoholic drink there is.

THE SHIRLEY TEMPLE
The Shirley Temple is possibly the most famous non-alcoholic cocktail ever made. It might even be the very first mocktail. The drink is named after Shirley Jane Temple, born in 1928. She was an American singer, dancer, actor and diplomat. She is most famous for her acting career as a child during the 1930s and, of course, for the cocktail.

As a child she lived the life of the movie star but in a city full of fancy restaurants and cocktails she couldn’t take part in the latter. On a night out for dinner at the Chasen’s restaurant in Hollywood her parents sat at the bar sipping Old Fashioneds. Naturally Temple also wanted a fancy drink but being very much under age, the bartender kindly whipped up a special drink for her. He added some maraschino cherries to make it look more like her parents drinks, and simply called it a Shirley Temple. At least, so the story goes. Ms. Temple herself said it was created in the 1930s at Brown’s Derby restaurant in Hollywood, another hangout for the Hollywood crowd, but that she had nothing to do with it. Shirley Temple herself was apparently never a fan of the drink. In an interview in 1986 she said that “all over the world I am served that. People think it’s funny. I hate them. Too sweet!”. During the 1940s she wasn’t as sought after as an actor anymore and in 1950 Temple officially left the movie business. Instead she started a career in politics, just like actor Ronald Reagan.

THE DESIGNER
The glass called Strikt was designed by the Swedish sculptor and designer Bengt Orup in 1953.