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15/05/1940 McDonald's opens its first restaurant

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McDonald's: The Origins of a Fast Food Empire

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15th May 1940: The world's first McDonald’s restaurant opened in California

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1940 - McDonald's

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Historic McDonald's Museum - A Must See.

American fast food company McDonald's opened as a restaurant owned and operated by siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California. Businessman Ray Kroc bought the chain from the brothers, modernized it and turned it into the fast food chain we know today.