On this day: October 5

POSTED: 03:27 PM PDT Oct 04, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 04, 2012 

James Bond debuts in theaters, the Beatles release their first single, PBS is founded, and Tylenol capsules are recalled amid seven deaths from tampering, all on this day.

OTD October 5 - Ray Kroc
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McDonald's

1902: Ray Kroc, the American businessman who joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into a fast food empire, is born in Oak Park, Ill.

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