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Bill Gates is born
William Henry Gates III was born October 28th, 1955. -
Bill Gates childhood education
Bill gates attends Lakeside School. Bill enrolled into Lakeside School at the age of 13 and stayed there for 6 years. -
Bill Gates is admitted to Harvard University
After graduating from Lakeside School in 1973 Bill decided to attend Harvard University. Bill scored almost a perfect score on the SAT which lead to his acceptance into Harvard University. -
Bill Gates and Paul Allen create Micro-Soft
Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a partnership and call it Micro-Soft. Gates and Allen had been friends because they both went to Lakeside School. -
Bill Gates writes a letter to Hobbyists
Bill Gates and Paul Allen register the trademark for "Microsoft". Gates publishes an open letter to computer hobbysists shunning them on sharing rater than paying for software. -
Gates creates Microsoft Head Quarters
Gates takes a leave of absence from Harvard and sets up Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. -
Microsoft opens first international office in Japan
The first international office for microsoft was founded Nov 1st in Japan. It was named ASCII Microsoft and which now called Microsoft Japan. -
Microsoft exceeds million dollars in sales
Microsfts year end sales exceed 1 million dollars. Gates is known as a tough but ambitious worker. -
Microsofts headquarters relocate
Microsoft new head quarters are relocated to Bellevue, Washington. This was a suburb of Gates hometown, Seattle. -
Microsoft partners with IBM
Microsoft partners with IBM to write the BASIC interpreter for its upcoming personal computer. -
Paul Allen Leaves Microsoft
Paul Allen has to leave Microsoft due to illness. Allen over a period of time was diagnosed with Hodgkin;s disease. -
Microsoft Headquarters move again
Headquarters moved again to neighboring city Redmond, Washington. -
Gates becomes youngest billionare ever.
At age 31, Bill Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever. -
Bill Gates Founds Corbis
Gates believed that people would someday decorate their homes with a revolving display of digital artwork using digital frames. This is why he created Corbis. -
Bill Gates gets married
Bill Gates marries Melinda French. Melinda French is a young women from the great state of Texas. -
United States vs. Microsoft Trial
The U.S v Microsoft was a set of consolidated civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation. -
Bill Gates Steps Down in Microsoft
Bill Gates last full day at Microsoft. He stepped down and became a non-executive chairman.
