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.
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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.