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Facebook is founded
Harvard classmates Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes launch the first attempt of what we know to today as "Facebook. At the time, it was known as Thefacebook and only used by Harvard students. -
Facebook Expands
Facebook expands to MIT, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and Yale University.[8] -
Facebook Opens to Everyone
Facebook is open to everyone aged 13 and over, and with a valid email address. -
Microsoft Invests in Facebook
Microsoft sees potential in fast growing social media site and invets 1.4% stake in the company. This places Facebooks value at $15 billion. -
Facebook Takes Over Social Media
Facebook user numbers overtakes the number of current social media extroardinare, MySpace. -
Facebook.... The Movie
Facebook the movie premiers. It was Oscar-nominated and traces the history of Facebook development. -
Facebook Goes Public?
Public offering intially proposed. -
900 Million Profiles
900 million users registered on Facebook. -
Facebook Hits NASDAQ
FB on NASDAQ Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) shares go on the stock market. The Facebook IPO is priced at $42, valuing the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company at $114 billion, or roughly eight times it was worth when notable investors first jumped in on the social networking craze.
