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Born
Mark Zuckerberg was born to Edward and Karen Zuckerberg in White Plains, New York. -
Hubble Telescope
The Hubble Telescope launched into orbit on April 24th during this year. -
Goes to College
Graduates from Philips Exeter Academy; starts Harvard University on a psychology and computer science degree. -
Stock Market Crash
The market reached lows not reached since 1997 and 1998. -
Launches Website
He created a website called Facemash. He almost got kicked out of Harvard because the website impacted people in a negative way when it became popular. -
Starts New Website
He started Thefacebook.com in February; dropped out of Harvard; Facebook hits 200,000 users and receives investments from upper class people; gets sued by Winklevoss twins because he allegedly copied their idea. -
Facebook Grows
Facebook hits 5 million users. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi, and more. -
Turns Down Offer
He turns down a $1 million offer from Yahoo. -
Facebook Evolves
Zuckerberg makes Facebook available for all people, not just students. He also turns down more billion dollar offers from large companies such as Microsoft. -
Obama Elected
President Obama is elected the president of the United States. -
China
China blocks the use of Facebook from its people. -
Michael Jackson Dies
Michael Jackson devastatingly dies of overdose. -
Becomes More Famous
Was named Time magazine's person of the year and a documentary about his life was made called The Social Network. -
Facebook Gets Publicity
Zuckerberg appeared on Saturday Night Live. -
Raising Money
Facebook had an initial public offering that raised $16 billion which made in the biggest internet IPO in history. -
Getting Married
He married his wife, Priscilla Chan. -
Making The List
Facebook made the Fortune 500 list for the first time. This made Zuckerberg the youngest CEO on the list at age 28. -
Child #1
Zuckerberg and his wife had their first Daughter, Maxima. -
Fake News
Zuckerberg was criticized for fake news on Facebook causing a big scandal. -
Child #2
They had their second daughter, August. -
Another Scandal
Mark Zuckerberg was accused of not notifying his Facebook users when their profiles were being investigated in the 2016 Donald Trump campaign. This caused Facebook to lose 15% of its users. -
$$$
Zuckerberg became the third richest person in the world.
