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Bill Gates was Born.
William Henry Gates the Third was his real name.
He has three siblings; older sister named Kristy and younger sister named Libby. -
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Bill Gates
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Bill started programming computers.
Bill wrote a tic-tac-toe program in BASIC computer language that allowed users to play against the computer. (PC:http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/447332/Game-Programming-in-C-For-Beginners) -
Bill takes his first leave from Harvard.
Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to create Microsoft with a childhood friend Paul Allen. -
Bill graduated from Lakeside Highschool.
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Co Founds Traf-o-data
Sometime while bill was still in high school, he co-founds a company called Traf-o-data that analyzes local traffic patterns, (PC: http://www.quazoo.com/q/Traf-O-Data) -
Bill iproves on the program BASIC.
After reading the Popular Electronics magizine that demonstrated the Altair 8800, Bill contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, the creators of the new microcomputer, to tell them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform. (PC: https://www.drupal.org/project/basic) -
Bill founded Microsoft.
Bill Gates and Allen Paul soon took on this task and this partnership with Ed Roberts. It eventually led to the first product made by Microsoft the Altair BASIC. (PC: https://www.microsoft.com/global/learning/en-us/PublishingImages/ms-logo-site-share.png) -
Bill develops Ms-DOS.
(Microsoft Disk Operating System) created for IBM. By 1984, 2 million copies are sold. By early 1990s more than 100 million copies are sold. (PC: http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/MS-DOS) -
(1980s) Began developing CD-Rom Technology
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Bill was the Founder of Corbis.
Created Corbis, a digital image company. (PC:https://www.google.com/search?q=young+bill+gates&biw=1280&bih=929&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=1iutVIzDNOzZsATo8IHoBw&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=corbis&imgdii=_&imgrc=Dsb7PixNDY_VOM%3A;3XLf9OcuYGCEyM;http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.tumblr.com%2Fjof2uln%2FGgFme50pn%2Fabout-corbis.jpg;http%3A%2F%2Fcorbis.tumblr.com%2F;700;525) -
Bill and Melinda got married
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Bill declared wealthiest man alive.
Bill was number one on Forbes list of The World's Richest People from 1995 to 2009. In 1999, he had a little over $101 billion, causing the media to call Gates a "centibillionaire". (PC: http://www.poptens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bill-Gates-Donations.jpeg) -
This is a quote by Bill.
"I can understand wanting to have a million dollars...but once you get beyond that, I have to tell you, its the same hamburger." (PC:www.inscribd.com) -
Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation Started
The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is one of the largest foundations in the world, started by Bill and his wife.
Income: 53 billion USD (2010) (PC: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/) -
Bill was named "Person of the Year."
Bill Gates was named person of the year by Times Magizine. (PC:http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/2005/1101051226_400.jpg) -
He partnered with Chinese Ministry of Health.
Bill Gates anounces a partnership with CMH to help fight an epidemic of tuberculosis in china, supported by a $33 million grant provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. -
This is a quote by Bill.
"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it." (PC:http://quotes-kid.com/bill-gates-quotes.htm)
