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The First McDonald’s Opens

History Daily

15-05-2023 • 16 mins

May 15, 1940. McDonald’s is founded when brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald open their first restaurant in San Bernardino, California, giving rise to what will become one of the world’s most prominent fast food chains.


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