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Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman found Blue Ribbon Sports.
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Blue Ribbon Sports becomes Nike Inc.
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Bowerman comes up with iconic sole pattern for Waffle Trainers after putting rubber into a waffle iron
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Romanian tennis player Ilie Nastase becomes the first athlete to sign an endorsement with Nike.
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Nike introduces patented "Air" technology with new Tailwind shoe.
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Nike completes IPO with a price of 18 cents a share.
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Nike signs Michael Jordan, launching Air Jordan series.
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Nike drops ad for new Air Max shoes set to The Beatles' "Revolution," making it the first ad to use the band's music.
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First "Just Do It" campaign launches with ad featuring 80-year-old running icon Walter Stack running across the Golden Gate Bridge.
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"Bo Knows" ad campaign drops featuring baseball and football star Bo Jackson.
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the first Niketown store opens in Portland, Oregon.
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Activist Jeff Ballinger publishes report exposing low wages and poor working conditions among Indonesian Nike factories. Nike responds by instating its first factory codes of conduct.
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Nike signs Tiger Woods.
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In the face of widespread protest, Nike raises the minimum age of its workers, increases monitoring, and adopts U.S. OSHA clean-air standards in overseas factories.
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Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman dies at 88.
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Nike acquires surf-apparel company Hurley for $120 million
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Nike acquires Converse for $309 million.
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Nike unveils ad campaign featuring athlete and political activist Colin Kaepernick, garnering a mix of public approval and backlash.
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