1963- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield meet in 7th grade gym class in Merrick, New York (Long Island).1977- Ben and Jerry move to Vermont and complete a $5 correspondence course in ice cream-making from Penn State (they get a perfect score because the test is open book)1978 - With a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of it borrowed), Ben and Jerry open their Ben & Jerry’s Homemade ice cream scoop shop in a renovated gas station at the corner of St. Paul and College Streets in downtown Burlington, Vermont, on May 5, Ben and Jerry hold their first free summer movie festival, projecting movies on the outside wall of the old gas station in Burlington.1979- Ben & Jerry’s marks its one-year anniversary by holding the first-ever Free Cone Day: free scoops of Ben & Jerry’s for all, all day long. Now an annual celebration at Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops nationwide1980-2003 Lots of other stuff happens. Learn more at benjerry.com2003- The best Ben & Jerry's ever opens just off the square in Franklin, Tennessee
