Ray Kroc opens his first restaurant in
Des Plaines, Illinois and the
McDonald's Corporation is created.

Quality, Service, Cleanliness and
Value (QSC& V) becomes the
company motto.

The Big Mac is introduced.
The 1,000th restaurant opens in Des
Plaines, Illinois.

A new McDonald's restaurant opens
every day.
The Quarter Pounder is introduced.

The first Ronald McDonald House
opens in Philadelphia.
The Happy Meal is launched.

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.

50 billionth hamburger sold.
Ronald McDonald Children's
Charities is founded in Ray Kroc\u2019s
memory to raise funds in support of
child welfare.

McDonald's is listed on the
Frankfurt, Munich, Paris and Tokyo
stock exchanges.

The first McDonald's at sea opens
aboard the Silja Europa, the world's
largest ferry sailing between
Stockholm and Helsinki.

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.