| 1955 |
Ray
Kroc opens his first restaurant
in Des Plaines, Illinois and the
McDonald's Corporation is created. |
| 1957 |
Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value (QSC& V) becomes the company motto. |
| 1959 |
The 100th
McDonald's opens in Chicago. |
| 1961 |
Hamburger
University opens in Elk Grove,
near Chicago. |
| 1963 |
One billion
hamburgers sold.
Ronald McDonald makes his debut. |
| 1964 |
Filet-O-Fish sandwich is introduced. |
| 1965 |
McDonald's
Corporation goes public. |
| 1967 |
The first
restaurants outside of the USA
open in Canada and Puerto Rico. |
| 1968 |
The Big Mac
is introduced.
The 1,000th restaurant opens in
Des Plaines, Illinois. |
| 1972 |
A new McDonald's
restaurant opens every day.
The Quarter Pounder is introduced. |
| 1973 |
Egg McMuffin
is introduced. |
| 1974 |
The first
Ronald McDonald House opens in
Philadelphia.
The Happy Meal is launched. |
|
| 1983 |
Chicken
McNuggets is introduced.
New Hamburger University campus
opens in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Set in 80 wooded acres. Training
is provided for every level
of McDonald's management worldwide. |
| 1984 |
50 billionth
hamburger sold.
Ronald McDonald Children's Charities
is founded in Ray Kroc’s
memory to raise funds in support
of child welfare. |
| 1989 |
McDonald's
is listed on the Frankfurt, Munich,
Paris and Tokyo stock exchanges.
|
| 1990 |
McDonald's
opens in Pushkin Square and Gorky
Street, Moscow. |
| 1993 |
The first
McDonald's at sea opens aboard
the Silja Europa, the world's
largest ferry sailing between
Stockholm and Helsinki. |
| 1994 |
Restaurants open in Bahrain, Bulgaria, Egypt, Kuwait, Latvia, Oman, New Caledonia, Trinidad and United Arab Emirates, bringing the total to over 15,000 in 79 countries on 6 continents.
|
| 1996 |
McDonald's opens in India – the 95th country. |
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