History of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg releases Facemash

Oct 28, 2003

Mark Zuckerberg invented Facemash in college. It came before Facebook.

Zuckerberg registers Facebook

Jan 11, 2004

Mark Zuckerberg registers thefacebook.com domain.

Zuckerberg launches Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Mark Zuckerberg launches facebook as a Harvard-only social media.

Form a partnership

Apr 13, 2004

Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin form Thefacebook. com LLC, a partnership.

Millionth user

Dec 30, 2004

Facebook gets its millionth user.

Facebook gets$13,000,000

May 26, 2005

The Accel Partners invest $ 13 million into Facebook.

Facebook gets Facbook.com

Aug 23, 2005

Facebook pays $ 200,000 to get Facebook as a website.

Facebook is open to everyone

Sep 26, 2006

Facebook is open to everyone 13 and older with a valid email address.

Microsoft purchases some of facebook

Oct 24, 2007

Microsoft says that it will purchase 1.6% of Facebook for $240 million

Facebook announces a feature

Sep 10, 2009

Facebook creates a feature where people can @- tag friends in status updates and comments

Google launches Google+

Jun 28, 2011

Google launches Google +, widely thought as a competitor to Facebook

Facebook partners with Skype

Jul 6, 2011

Facebook partners with Skye to add video chat

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