Creator of Big Mac Dies at 98
Creator of Big Mac Dies at 98 The man responsible for the signature McDonald's burger, the Big Mac, has died. Michael James "Jim' Delligatti was 98. Delligatti was a McDonald's franchisee in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, when he created the burger in 1967 after deciding that customers wanted a bigger sandwich. Demand exploded as Delligatti's sandwich spread to the rest of his 47 stores in Pennsylvania and was added to the chain's national menu in 1968. The hamburger features two beef...eeded to beef up its cyber defenses, citing a recent spate of attacks on government websites that he said originated in Russia. Over the past week, Ukraine's Finance and Defense ministries and State Treasury said their websites had been temporarily downed by attacks aimed at disrupting their operations. "These attacks were planned in advance and coordinated from a center based in the Russian Federation ," the secretary...