Bill Gates was born on 28 October 1955 in Seattle. An American businessman and philanthropist, Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, after leaving Harvard University. As chairman and chief executive, he led the company as its MS-DOS and Windows operating systems and Office software became dominant in personal computing, making him one of the richest people in the world. Microsoft faced antitrust cases over its business practices. He stepped down as chief executive in 2000 and left day-to-day work in 2008 to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which funds work on global health, development and education, and he has pledged most of his wealth to philanthropy.
Before and after
- 1 September 1955Founding of Non-Aligned Movement
- from 6 September 1955 to 7 September 1955Istanbul pogrom
- 14 September 1955Birth of Leo XIV
- from 26 October 1955 to 30 April 1975South Vietnam
- 28 October 1955Birth of Bill Gates
- from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975Vietnam War
- 11 November 1955Birth of Friedrich Merz
- 13 November 1955Birth of Whoopi Goldberg
- 16 November 1955Birth of Guillermo Lasso
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1 November 1993Founding of European Union
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The era
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