A document is available for download from Microsoft which contains the review important dates and events in the history of Microsoft Corporation from 1975 to the present.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad951bad-3e3b-4f32-a081-72072a869d17&DisplayLang=en

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