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birth
Was born in 1955. He grew up in Seattle, WA. He was born in the tenth moth of the year. -
Private School
Was enrolled in LakeSide School. This is were he became intrested in computers. -
Harvard
Wrote the program BASIC. BASIC was wroten for MITS Altair microcomputer. -
Founded Microsoft
Drops out of Harvard. Starts Microsoft with Paul Allen. -
Office in Japan
Microsoft opens their first international office in Japan titled "ASCII Microsoft." This office is a division of the United States-based computer technology corporation Microsoft based in Japan. -
finds Corbis
Corbis Corporation is an American company, based in Seattle, Washington, that sells and otherwise distributes photography and film footage and related rights. -
life event
Gets married to Melinda French. Then go on to have 3 kids. -
Microsoft v. United States
United States v. Microsoft was a set of consolidated civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation pursuant to the Sherman Antitrust Act on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states. -
knighted
Was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. -
windows xp.
Windows XP is introduced to the world as one of the best computer softwares of all time. -
Leaves Microsoft.
Bill Leaves his work as a daily worker at microsoft. He keeps his position as a chairman at the board of directors. -
Donation
The Gates Foundation anounces it will donate $10 billion. This money will be used for vaccine reasearch.
