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October 28, 1955: Happy Birthday Bill Gates

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1955 – William Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates has a son. William Gates III was born in Seattle, WA. Bill Gates, of course, went on to start Microsoft. Bill was CEO of Microsoft until he retired in 2008. In 2000, he started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Interestingly enough, 30 years later in 1985, Bill Gates put Microsoft up for IPO. That’s a birthday present…

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June 27, 2008: Bill Gates Steps Down

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2008 – Microsoft CEO Bill Gates officially steps down from office. He hands the reigns over to Steve Ballmer, and stays on as Chairman of the Board.

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Gillette makes the Erasermate – the first erasable pen
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October 28, 1955: Bill Gates Birthday

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Interestingly enough, 30 years later in 1985, Bill Gates put Microsoft up for IPO. That’s a birthday present…

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Apple unveils MessagePad2000
Digital Millennium Copyright Act goes into Law
Palm merges Handspring – forms PalmOne

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

June 27, 2008: Bill Gates Steps Down

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine aggregator, Atari, Bill Gates, bill gates biography, bill gates car, bill gates facts, bill gates foundation, bill gates house, bill gates net worth, bill gates quotes, bill gates salary, bill gates scholarship, ceo of microsoft, day in tech history, erasable pen, explorer 1, Geek, gillette, heart, internet explorer, internet tv, IPO, iTunes, june 27, Microsoft, mosaic, mosaic web, OpenTV, Podcast, RSS, spyglass, stitcher, technology history, tv company, web browser 0 Comments June 27, 2018

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2008 – Microsoft CEO Bill Gates officially steps down from office. He hands the reigns over to Steve Ballmer, and stays on as Chairman of the Board.

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Gillette makes the Erasermate – the first erasable pen
Atari is established

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June 27, 1995: Mosaic, Spyglass get IPO

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1995– A company founded by students in Illinois, Spyglass becomes a publicly traded company. Of course, their web browser – Mosaic – was the heart of their software. Spyglass was used in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 1.0. The company was ultimately acquired by OpenTV, a privately held internet TV company.

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