Milestones

🏰 July 17, 1955 – Disneyland Opens in Anaheim, California

Walt Disney’s groundbreaking “theme park” Disneyland welcomed its first attendees on July 17, 1955.

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🛒 July 16, 1995 – Amazon.com Goes Live as an Online Bookstore

Jeff Bezos’ fledgling e-commerce company, Amazon, opened its virtual doors to the public on July 16, 1995, offering an online catalog of millions of…

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🎮 July 15, 1983 – Nintendo Launches the Famicom Game Console

Nintendo released the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan on July 15, 1983, entering a crowded home videogame market.

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🥞 July 14, 1958 – IHOP (International House of Pancakes) Founded

Brothers Jerry and Al Lapin (with partner Albert Kallis) opened the first International House of Pancakes in Burbank, California on this day.

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🍩 July 13, 1937 – Krispy Kreme Opens in North Carolina

Vernon Rudolph opened the first Krispy Kreme doughnut shop on this day in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, using a secret yeast-raised dough recipe he had…

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🎨 July 12, 1960 – Etch A Sketch Debuts

Near the peak of the baby boom, the Etch A Sketch – a plastic drawing tablet with two white knobs – hit store shelves on July 12, 1960, priced at $2.99.

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🥤 July 11, 1985 – Coca-Cola Brings Back “Classic” Coke

Seventy-nine days after the fiasco of “New Coke,” the Coca-Cola Company bowed to public demand on July 11, 1985 and reintroduced the original Coca-Cola…

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📱 July 10, 2008 – Apple’s App Store Launches

Apple opened the iOS App Store on this day, debuting with 500 third-party apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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☎️ July 9, 1877 – Bell Telephone Company Forms

Just a year after Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone patent, the Bell Telephone Company was organized on July 9, 1877, in Boston.

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💰 July 8, 2002 – eBay Acquires PayPal

Online auction giant eBay announced on this day that it would purchase PayPal, a fast-growing digital payments platform, for roughly $1.5.

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🍞 July 7, 1928 – Sliced Bread Hits Store Shelves

“The greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped” – that’s how a Missouri newspaper hailed the debut of sliced bread on this…

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🌮 July 6, 1962 – Taco Bell Serves Its First Taco

Glen Bell opened the first Taco Bell restaurant on this day in Downey, California.

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