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Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:08 AM Sep 2018

NATIONAL CHEESEBURGER DAY

America’s favorite sandwich is honored on September 18th with a slice of cheese. It’s National Cheeseburger Day!

There are many theories to the beginning of the cheeseburger dating back to the 1920s. One story suggests that Lionel Sternberger is reputed to have invented the cheeseburger in 1926 while working at his father’s Pasadena, California sandwich shop, The Rite Spot. During an experiment, he dropped a slice of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger.

There are other claims of the invention of the cheeseburger:

A cheeseburger appeared on a 1928 menu at O’Dell’s, a Los Angeles restaurant, which listed a cheeseburger, smothered with chili, for 25 cents.
Kaelin’s Restaurant – Louisville, Kentucky says it invented the cheeseburger in 1934.
Denver, Colorado – 1935 – A trademark for the name “cheeseburger” was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In.
According to its archives, Gus Belt, founder of Steak n’ Shake, applied for a trademark on the word “cheeseburger” in the 1930s.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cheeseburger-day-september-18/

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NATIONAL CHEESEBURGER DAY (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 OP
Didn't know this. PoorMonger Sep 2018 #1
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