(Star Trek: First Contact; TNG: Q Who) The Borg originated in the Delta Quadrant, (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: Dark Frontier, Dragon's Teeth) where they already existed by 1484. At that time, only a handful of star systems had been assimilated by them and they had many encounters with the Vaadwaur.
Highlights of the DQÂ® system include: 1  1940: First Dairy QueenÂ® store opens in Joliet, Illinois. 2  1949: DQÂ® introduces malts and shakes. 3  1951: Banana splits appear on the menu.
In 1906 the first W. T. Grant Co. 25 Cent Store opened in Lynn, Massachusetts. Modest profit, coupled with a fast turnover of inventory, caused the stores to grow to almost $100 million annual sales by 1936, the same year that William Thomas Grant started the W. T. Grant Foundation.