Events
February 2004: Facebook launches
on Harvard campusOctober 2007: Facebook agrees
to sell a 1.6 percent stake
to Microsoft for $240 millionMarch 2008: Facebook hires Sheryl Sandberg
as chief operating officerApril 2012: Facebook buys
Instagram for
$1 billion in cash and stockOctober 2012: Facebook has 1 billion
users worldwideSeptmeber 2006: Anyone over the age of 13
can join the social networkFebruary 2012: Facebook files for
an initial public offering
of stock at $38 per stockApril 2006: Facebook
launched for mobile devicesJuly 2010: Facebook has 500
Million users worldwideFebruary 2014: Facebook's
10th AnniversryJune 2004: Venture capitalist
Peter Thiel sees invests
$500,000 in FacebookMarch 2006: Yahoo! offers to buy
Facebook for $1 billion
Facebook rejects the offerJanuary 2009: Facebook overtakes
MySpace to become the Internet's
largest social network.October 2010: The Social Network premieres.
The film traces the history of FacebookJune 2011: The Winklevoss twins
end their legal battle over the
idea behind Facebook.September 2004: Winklevoss twins claim
Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from
them and sue the companyFebruary 2014: Facebook buys
WhatsApp for $19 billion
in cash and stocks
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