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Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell, who first opened a hot dog stand called Bell’s Drive-In in San Bernardino, California in 1946 when he was 23 years old.
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In 1950, he opened Bell's Hamburgers and Hot Dogs in San Bernardino's West Side barrio.
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In late 1951 or early 1952, he took what he had learned and opened a new stand, this time selling tacos under the name of Taco-Tia.
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Sputnik is launched into low-Earth eliptical orbit.
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Over the next few years Bell owned and operated a number of restaurants in southern California including four called El Taco. Bell sold the El Tacos to his partner and built the first Taco Bell in Downey in 1962.
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon,
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In 1970, Taco Bell went public with 325 restaurants. In 1978, PepsiCo purchased Taco Bell from Glen Bell.
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The New and Improved Logo.
