Bill Gates's Life By Luke Castellini Oct 28, 1955 The birth of Bill Gates Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. Period: Oct 28, 1955 to Jan 8, 2014 Timeline of Bill Gates Jul 15, 1968 Bill Gates's first time on a Computer Apr 17, 1970 Went into Business with friend to make Computer programs Jun 10, 1973 Graduated from Lakeside School Oct 14, 1973 Enrolled in Harvard University Feb 17, 1975 Creation day of Microsoft Jul 13, 1978 Moves Microsoft to Seattle May 14, 1980 IBM makes big deal with Microsoft Jan 14, 1981 Gates incorporates Microsoft Sep 23, 1983 Allen leaves Microsoft because of diesese Jun 15, 1985 Bill releases Windows Nov 3, 1986 Microsoft goes public May 25, 1987 Bill becomes a billionaire Sep 15, 1987 Becomes richest person in the world Apr 24, 1989 Microsoft Office released Jul 28, 1994 Bill gets married with Melinda Gates Mar 14, 1996 Jennifer born Sep 10, 1997 Moves to $54 million house in Washington Jan 15, 2000 Makes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation May 26, 2000 Steps down from Microsoft CEO Jan 15, 2006 Got an honorary degree from Harvard Aug 20, 2008 Last full day at Microsoft