The Kentucky home where Colonel Sanders and his wife Claudia lived is now for sale. The home is listed alongside a restaurant formerly run by the couple, who also founded KFC. Buyers will also get ...

7. Japan Loves KFC for Christmas. In Japan, KFC is a holiday tradition. Thanks to a wildly successful 1970s marketing campaign, families across Japan now celebrate Christmas with KFC meals.

Harland Sanders first founded KFC in 1930, but it didn't become a full-fledged franchise until 1952, according to his bio. Whether Sanders was actually rejected over 1,000 times is pretty amazing.

Harland Sanders circa 1914. | KFC.com, ... waitress and later entrusted her with the management of his original Sanders Court in Corbin during and after World War II.

Since Colonel Harland Sanders opened the doors to the first KFC in Salt Lake City in 1952, the fast food chain has had people hooked on its finger lickin' chicken. Well now, it's good news for ...

Business in Kentucky dried up by the mid-’50s, when the creation of Interstate 75 leeched business from Sanders’ roadside restaurant, motel and service station on the old U.S. 25.

Colonel Sanders is probably the most recognizable icon in fast food history. However, most people don't know too much about the man himself. Much of what you may have heard is little more than ...

Harland David Sanders was born in 1890 in Henryville, Indiana. He grew up in a poor household and had a rough childhood. At the age of six, his father passed away, ...

Kentucky Colonel Harland Sanders was one of the first 31 Hometown Heroes banners installed across Louisville 20 years ago. Advertisement Sanders’ banner was starting to show its age, however.