<Li> 1972: The McDonald's system generates $1 billion in sales through 2200 restaurants . </Li> <Li> 1972: The 2000th McDonald's restaurant opens in Des Plaines, Illinois . </Li> <Li> 1972: The first McDonald's in France opens, in Créteil, even though the company officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979 . </Li> <Li> 1972: The first McDonald's in New York City opens on Manhattan's Upper West Side, dubbed "Townhouse" (to reflect that it was not a drive - in) and serves a record 100,000 hamburgers in its first week . </Li>

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