In 1960 brothers Tom and Jim Monaghan bought a small pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan, called DomiNick's, with a $500 down payment and $900 borrowed. Jim soon traded his half of the business for the Volkswagen Beetle used for deliveries. By 1965 Tom had three stores, but the original owner would not let him keep the DomiNick's name. An employee, Jim Kennedy, suggested Domino's after returning from a delivery, and the company was renamed that year. Its logo originally had one dot per store.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.