History of Lego By Christian Gonzales 1932 Ole Kirk Kristensen starts his carpeting buisnnes, making step ladders, stools, and wooden toys Period: 1932 to 2019 Lego, Beginning to Present day 1934 The name LEGO is adopted by the company, which in Danish mean s play well and in Latin "I put together" 1935 The LEGO company makes the first LEGO wooden duck 1942 The LEGO factory burns to the ground, but the buisines is soon put back into production 1946 Company buys Plastic molding machine and becomes the first to have one in Denmark 1949 LEGO is now producing 200 different toys, one of which is the Automatic Binding Brick, a forerunner for the modern brick 1950 3 sets containing the bricks are realeased 1953 Company gives the product the name LEGO Mursten (LEGO Brick) 1960 The wooden toy factory burns down, and the companies gets rid of wood toy production entirely 1963 Godfred Kirk Kristensen, son of Ole, creates the ten product characteristics 1966 LEGO is now sold in 42 countries, including America 1968 The first LEGOLAND is opened in Billund on June 7 1969 The DUPLO series is launched
