// file author MP UW CSE143 student 10/25/2002 // http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/History/HamburgerHistory.htm // The History of Hamburgers // http://bbq.about.com/library/weekly/aa070597.htm // History and Legends of Hamburgers (2002) // Transposed from the above web pages into notepad 1885 Charlie Nagreen sells first burger (Seymour, Wisconsin) 1890 Louis Lassen sells first burger (New Haven, Connecticut) 1891 Otto Kuasw markets first burger (Hamburg, Germany) 1892 Frank Menches invents burger (Athens, Texas) 1904 Burgers sold at St. Louis World's Fair 1916 Hamburger buns created 1921 White Castle, fast food burger place opens 1934 Wimpy Burger appeared 1936 First drive in Glendale, California 1938 Bob Wain, first double patty burger 1948 McDonald's opens 1954 Burger King Opens 1968 Big Mac November 15, 1969 Wendy's opens 1992 Hamburgers account for 17% of all meal transactions in US