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1926 Cheeseburger created
Lionel Sternberger is reputed to have invented the cheeseburger in 1926 at the age of 16 when he was working as a fry cook at his father's Pasadena, California sandwich
shop, "The Rite Spot," and "experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger."