WORLD'S FIRST MCDONALDS
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What was the world's first McDonalds?

In 1937 Richard and Maurice (Dick and Mac) McDonald opened their first restaurant in Arcadia, Ca and called it the Airdrome.

In 1940 the McDonald brothers opened McDonald's Barbeque restaurant in San Bernardino, CA and soon found hamburger to be their big money maker.

In October 1948 they closed the Barbeque restaurants and on December 12 1948, again in San Bernardino, CA, the opened the world's first McDonalds focusing on speed, price and volume.

In 1954 Ray A. Kroc signed a deal with McDonald brothers to become their franchising agent and opened his first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois, eventually buying the McDonald brothers out in 1961 for $2.7 million, but the brothers keep the San Bernardino location renaming it to 'Big M' which eventually closed in 1970.

Here are some fun facts about McDonalds:

• Speedee was McDonalds first logo.

• McDonald’s sells its 100 millionth hamburger in 1958.

• McDonald’s first jingle was "Look for the Golden Arches"

• The Golden Arches becomes the logo in 1961.

• In 1965 McDonald’s  first public stock offering opens at $22.50/share.

• Ronald McDonald makes his debut in 1966.

• 1968 saw the creation of The Big Mac.

• The first McDonalds in Russia opened in 1990 in Moscow.

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