During the second half of the s, Internet usage took off, and Microsoft introduced its web browser, Internet Explorer, in In , the U. Department of Justice and 20 state attorneys general charged Microsoft with violating antitrust laws by using its dominance to drive competitors out of business; in , the company reached a settlement with the government that imposed restrictions on its corporate practices.
Also in , Microsoft joined the video-game market with the launch of its Xbox console. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! He had finished with career home runs, one shy of the all-time record set by Babe Ruth.
On April 4, Opening Day, a year-old Aaron sent the very first pitch he saw over the wall, finally tying In , Ebert started co-hosting a movie review program on TV On March 21, , a major offensive against Allied positions in the Somme River region of France began with five hours of bombardment from more Just after 6 p.
Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. On this day in , German forces in the throes of a major spring offensive on the Western Front launch a renewed attack on Allied positions between the Somme and Avre Rivers. In it, he says that there is a common link forming between the civil rights and In the dream, Lincoln asked a soldier standing guard President William Henry Harrison dies after serving only 32 days in office on this day in Harrison holds the unfortunate presidential record of shortest term in office.
Ironically, the man with the shortest White House tenure delivered the longest inaugural address in Louis, Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was three, and she and her brother went to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas.
When she Setting an Oscar record, the film swept 11 of the On April 4, , a dirigible crashes in New Jersey, killing 73 people in one of the first air disasters in history. The Akron was the largest airship built in the United States when it took its first flight in August In January , Allen read an article in Popular Electronics magazine about the Altair microcomputer and showed it to Gates.
The deal inspired Gates and Allen to form their own software company. On July 29, , Gates used the name "Micro-Soft"—which had been suggested by Allen—in a letter to Allen referring to their partnership. The name, a portmanteau of "microcomputer" and "software," was registered with the New Mexico secretary of state on Nov.
In August , less than a year later, the company opened its first international office. In , the company moved to Bellevue, Washington, and two years later it incorporated under the name Microsoft Inc.
Gates was president of the company and chairman of the board, and Allen was executive vice president. An operating system is a fundamental software that allows a computer to operate. As a newly formed company, Microsoft's first operating system product to be publicly released was a version of Unix called Xenix, released in Xenix was later used as the basis for Microsoft's first word processor Multi-Tool Word, a predecessor to Microsoft Word.
As a result, Gates made a fortune for Microsoft, which had become a major soft vendor. Microsoft's mouse was released on May 2, Also in , Microsoft's crowning achievement was released.
The Microsoft Windows operating system had a novel graphical user interface and a multitasking environment for IBM computers. In , the company went public. The success meant that Gates became a billionaire at age Still used today, it includes a word processor, spreadsheet, mail program, business presentation software, and more.
In August , Microsoft released Windows In , Microsoft introduced its first gaming unit, the Xbox system. Xbox faced stiff competition from Sony's PlayStation, and eventually, Microsoft discontinued the original Xbox in favor of later versions. In , Microsoft released the Xbox gaming console, which was a success. In , Microsoft made its first foray into the computing hardware market with the announcement of Surface tablets that ran Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro.
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