On this day: January 31

POSTED: 10:08 PM PST Jan 30, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 30, 2013 

The first Social Security check is issued, America launches its first satellite into orbit, McDonald's comes to Moscow, and "Avatar" hits the $2 billion mark, all on this day.

OTD January 31 - Moscow McDonald's
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1990: The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow. At the time the largest McDonald's in the world, it proves extremely popular, with waiting lines of several hours common in its early days.

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