World Coconut Day Timeline

2000s

Coconut Water Boom

Coconut water becomes a popular drink in the West

1971

Put the Lime in the Coconut

Harry Nilsson's "Coconut," which tells the story of a woman who put the lime in the coconut and drank them both up, debuts

1280

Indian Nut

Marco Polo encounters the coconut on his travels to Sumatra and refers to it in his writing as "nux indica," or "Indian nut"