ON THIS DAY IN 1940: Two brothers named McDonald–Richard and Maurice–opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Ray Kroc, then a milkshake mixer salesman, became involved in 1954 and purchased the company in 1961 for $2.7 million.
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