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Birth
Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington. -
Friends for Life
Bill Gates meets his new life-long friend Paul Allen. Together they hack and get banned from computers in there school and they will soon start their own company together. -
Traf-o-Data
Bill Gates and Paul Allen came up with "Traf-o-Data;" a computer program that monitered traffic in Seattle, Washington. -
First Job in Computer Science
In the Summer of 1974 Gates joined his high school friend Paul Allen in Boston, Massachusetts to work at Honeywell. -
Microsoft was born
Bill Gates started a partnership with Paul Allen to create Microsoft; a "micro-computing" program. -
Gates Letter
Bill Gates wrote a letter to all of his followers of his software that he does not want people just to make new copies and to pirate them. Only 10% of the copies of the program were actually paid for. -
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office included Microsoft Word and Excel with their new software. -
Bill Gates marries Melinda French
Bill Gates marries Melinda French in Hawaii -
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Multiple chrities were combined to form the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. -
School Presentations
Bill Gates now goes to schools' and explains to grades K through 12 how important it is to go to college ect. -
Bill Gates's awards
Gates's biggest awards consist of the honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizibeth II; also, the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the Mexican government. -
Bill Gates retires from Microsoft
Gates announced he is leaving Microsoft to more time into his foundaation to help others that need the help and money. -
Gates life today
Gates now devotes all of his work into his foundation with his wife Melinda Gates.
