On this day: January 14

POSTED: 11:12 AM PST Jan 11, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 13, 2013 

FDR becomes the first president to fly while in office, Joltin' Joe and Marilyn Monroe elope, Bogie dies, and the Miami Dolphins cap off a perfect season, all on this day.

OTD January 14 - Ray Kroc
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McDonald's

1984: Ray Kroc, the American businessman who joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into a fast food empire, dies of heart failure at the age of 81 in San Diego, Calif.

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