McLibel Support Campaign's International Day of Action Against McDonald's: April 15 The Viva Vine: vol #4, no #2: March / April 1995 Forty years ago on April 15, 1955, McDonald's opened its first store in DesPlaines, Illinois. Only a few miles away in Oak Park, the very same day, a child was born. They called her Pamela. Today, McDonald's operates in over 70 countries and has about 12,000 stores worldwide. Pamela operates all over New York City as a vegetarian street advocate. Join her from 2 to 4 p.m., April 15, at the McDonald's of Greenwich Village, 136 W. 3rd Street, NYC. Next article or back to previous article. Copyright © 1995. The VivaVegie Society. All rights reserved. HTML source file: Copyright © 1995 EarthBase, Inc. All rights reserved.