After his mother remarried when he was 12, he went to work at a multitude of different jobs, ending up operating a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. It was here, at the age of 40, that Harland started cooking seriously. Using recipes he had learned at the tender age of six, he would prepare meals for hungry travelers serving them in his gas-station living quarters. His food was so popular that he finally had to open a restaurant. Over the next decade, Sanders tried and tested, and again, tried and tested his fried chicken recipe until he perfected the 11 herbs and spices that made up his secret blend that is still tempting taste-buds in Kentucky, and now, throughout the world. 

Sanders’ cooking had such a following that, in 1935, he was made a Kentucky Colonel for his contributions to Kentucky cuisine. Four years later his restaurant was listed in Adventures in Good Eating by Duncan Hines. However, it wasn’t until 1955, when an interstate highway was to bypass Corbin, Kentucky, and Harland Sanders was living on only $105 a month from Social Security, that he took to the road to franchise his chicken recipe and restaurant concept. 

The first franchises were established by a handshake. Sanders traveled across the United States, stopping at restaurants to fry up batches of his chicken. If the owner and employees liked the dish, they shook Sanders’ hand, and paid him a nickel for every chicken they sold. By 1964, there were over 600 of the Colonel’s franchises in the U.S. and Canada. The 74-year-old Sanders sold his interest that year for $2,000,000, remaining on as its spokesperson until his death in 1980. 

The image of the Kentucky Colonel still graces the signage at thousands of restaurants throughout the world. Harland Sanders would be pleased to know that we’re still enjoying his special flavors every time we order a bucket of original recipe, crispy crust or tender-roast chicken from KFC. 

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, französischer Maler, geb. 1864, gestorben
1901 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, französischer Maler und Grafiker, geb. 1864, gestorben
1901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec tranz. Mater und Graphiker (Schloß Malrormé/Gironde), gestorben
Pauline Garon (99), Filmschaffende/R, geboren

Otis Redding
US-amerikanischer Sänger und Songschreiber ("Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")., geboren oder 1940
 1941: Itaru Oki, japan. Komponist und Jazztrompeter, geboren
 1941 - Otis Redding
musician, singer: [Sittin’ on] The Dock of the Bay; killed in plane crash Dec 10, 1967, geboren
Ted Herold (58), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Otis Redding (59), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Stanislav Stratiev (59), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
 1940: Otis Redding, amerik. Soulsänger, Der "König der Soulsänger", geboren
Redding, der »König aller Soulsänger«, wurde mit seiner ausdrucksstarken Stimme berühmt, die von der Schwermut bis zur Ekstase reichte. 1968 erhielt der Künstler postum die höchste Auszeichnung der Musikbranche, den Grammy Award, für »Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay«.

 1942 - Luther Simmons
singer: group: Main Ingredient: Everybody Plays the Fool, geboren
Ted Herold
(Eigentlich: Harald Schubring) Deutscher Rock'n'Roller. Einen Nummer1-Hit in Deutschland mit "Moonlight" (1960)., geboren
1942 - Ted Herold (59), deutscher Rock'n'Roll-Sänger («Moonlight»), geboren
 1942: Silvia Bernasconi, schweiz. Mezzosopranistin, geboren
 1942: Ted Herold, dt. Sänger, geboren

 1946 - Billy Preston
musician, songwriter, singer: Will It Go Round in Circles, Nothing from Nothing, Outa-Space, Get Back [w/The Beatles], With You I’m Born Again [w/Syreeta]; appeared in film: St. Louis Blues; played w/Little Richard’s Band, geboren