bill gates By 653249 1955 william henry gates three is born 1967 gates enrolled in lakeside school 1973 gates enters harvard 1975 gates calls he maker of the world's first computer 1976 gates and allen register trademark microsoft 1977 gates take a second leave of harvard 1978 microsoft's year end sales exceed million dollars 1979 microsoft headquarters are relocated to washington 1981 microsoft incorporates and buys the operating system 1987 an advertisement for microsoft in 1987 1995 gates speaks in redmond washington at the launch of microsoft windows 2003 gates holds a baby who is taking part in a malaria intervention 2008 Gates and Irish rock star Bono attend a press conference