First retail version of Microsoft Windows
Time: Wednesday Nov 20, 1985
Place: Washington, U.S.
Details: Microsoft launched its first retail version of Microsoft Windows on November 20, 1985.
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Bill Gates-Birth
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-Microsoft was registered
Friday Nov 26, 1976 - New Mexico, U.S.
Bill Gates-Enrolled in Harverd
Sep, 1973 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Bill Gates-IBM approached Microsoft
Tuesday Jul 1, 1980 - New Mexico, U.S.
Bill Gates-Microsoft's company restructuring
Thursday Jun 25, 1981 - Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-A new Chairman
Tuesday Feb 4, 2014 - Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-Microsoft was registered
Friday Nov 26, 1976 - New Mexico, U.S.
Bill Gates-Gates dropped out of Harvard
1975 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Bill Gates-A leave of absence
Nov, 1975 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Bill Gates-Microsoft's company restructuring
Thursday Jun 25, 1981 - Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-More time to philanthropy
Thursday Jun 15, 2006 - Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-Forbes List
1987 - Washington, U.S.
Russell Bufalino-Bufalino was sentenced to 10 Years
Nov, 1981 - Leavenworth, Washington, U.S.
Russell Bufalino-The organization's strength began to Wane
1989 - Leavenworth, Washington, U.S.
Ted Bundy-Susan Elaine
Wednesday Apr 17, 1974 - Ellensburg, Washington, U.S.
Stuart Long -Long was baptized in 1994
Tuesday Feb 22, 1994 - California, United States
Microsoft-Window 7
Thursday Oct 22, 2009 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Gary Ridgway-Ridgway was placed in solitary
2004 - Washington, United States
Stuart Long -Long graduation
1981 - Helena, Montana
Stuart Long -Long won the Golden Gloves
1985 - Montana, U.S
Stuart Long -Long graduated from Carroll
1986 - Helena, Montana
On This Day - 20 November
Ottoman Empire-Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
Tuesday Nov 20, 1612 - Ottoman Empire
First Sino-Japanese War-The Port Arthur massacre
Tuesday Nov 20, 1894 - Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Mao Zedong-4th Marriage
Sunday Nov 20, 1938 - China
World War II-Final offer
Wednesday Nov 20, 1940 - Japan
Joe Biden-Birth
Friday Nov 20, 1942 - Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Martin Bormann-The Trial
Tuesday Nov 20, 1945 - Nuremberg, Germany
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Titles
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - United Kingdom
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Elizabeth's wedding
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - London, England, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth and Philip were married
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - London, United Kingdom
First Indochina War-Operation Castor
Friday Nov 20, 1953 - Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
The Beatles-Harrison's deportation
Sunday Nov 20, 1960 - Hamburg, Germany
Che Guevara-Guevara left Congo
Saturday Nov 20, 1965 - Congo
Neil Armstrong-Announcing the New Apollo Crew assignment
Monday Nov 20, 1967 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Juan Carlos I-Franco's Death
Thursday Nov 20, 1975 - Madrid, Spain
Francisco Franco-Death
Thursday Nov 20, 1975 - Madrid, Spain
Audrey Hepburn-They All Laughed
Friday Nov 20, 1981 - U.S.
Microsoft-Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal registered the first triple-double of his career
Saturday Nov 20, 1993 - Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
George Weah-He Was Banned From Six European Matches
Wednesday Nov 20, 1996 - Dragon Stadium, Porto, Portugal
Charles Antetokounmpo-Kostas Antetokounmpo (Third child)
Thursday Nov 20, 1997 - Athens, Greece
Nintendo-The Nintendo DS release
Saturday Nov 20, 2004 - Kyoto, Japan
Bank of America-Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company
Monday Nov 20, 2006 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Shimon Peres-Honorary Knighthood
Thursday Nov 20, 2008 - London, England
Carlos the Jackal-Chavez defended Carlos
Friday Nov 20, 2009 - Venezuela
Nintendo-The Nintendo DSi XL release in Japan
Friday Nov 20, 2009 - Kyoto, Japan
Dwayne Johnson-Survivor Series (2011)
Sunday Nov 20, 2011 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Oculus-Gear VR
Friday Nov 20, 2015 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary with the Queen
Monday Nov 20, 2017 - London, England, United Kingdom
Billie Eilish-Grammy Awards
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019 - U.S.
Artus Quellinus II Birth
Thursday Nov 20, 1625 - Limburg
Tipu Sultan Birth
Friday Nov 20, 1750 - Bangalore
Thomas Fremantle Birth
Wednesday Nov 20, 1765 - Buckinghamshire
Friedrich Himmel Birth
Wednesday Nov 20, 1765 - Treuenbrietzen
20 November 1985
Microsoft-Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
November 1985
Steven Spielberg-1st Marriage
Nov, 1985 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Storming The Colombian Palace of Justice
Wednesday Nov 6, 1985 - Bogota, Colombia
Disasters with highest death tolls-Armero Tragedy
Wednesday Nov 13, 1985 - Colombia
Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Agreement
Friday Nov 15, 1985 - Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, UK
Microsoft-Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
1985
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Chair of The Istanbul city branch of The Islamist Welfare Party
1985 - Istanbul, Turkey
Garry Kasparov-Kasparov played against thirty-two different chess computers
1985 - Hamburg, Germany
1997 Asian financial crisis-Economic growth in Thailand
1985 - Thailand
Visa Inc.-Headquarters in San Francisco
1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Colombian conflict-The first Negotiated Cease-Fire with the M-19 ended
1985 - Colombia
Warren Buffett-The Mills was Sold
1985 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Microprocessor-The ARM First Appeared
1985 - Cambridge, UK
Cameras-The NMOS active-pixel Sensor
1985 - Tokyo, Japan
Virtual reality-VPL Research
1985 - U.S.
Virtual reality-Ames Research Center
1985 - California, U.S.
Windows-The first version of Windows
1985 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
MacOS-The heritage of what would become macOS
1985 - Redwood City, California, U.S.
Vodafone-Racal-Vodafone
Tuesday Jan 1, 1985 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Linux-Stallman started the Free Software Foundation
1985 - U.S.
Gary Webb- A series investigation "Doctoring the Truth"
1985 - Ohio, United States
Computer animation-Tony de Peltrie
1985 - Montreal, Canada
Christopher Paul Gardner-Second Child
1985 - San Francisco, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret had part of her left lung removed
Saturday Jan 5, 1985 - England, United Kingdom
Heysel Stadium Events-1984 European Super Cup
Wednesday Jan 16, 1985 - Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy
Ronald Reagan-Second Term as a President
Sunday Jan 20, 1985 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate
1985 - Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump Castle
1985 - Trump Castle, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Alister McIntyre (Officer-in-Charge)
1985 - Geneva, Switzerland
Nelson Mandela-The Release Offer
Feb, 1985 - South Africa
Ted Kaczynski-A bomb in Sacramento
1985 - California, United States
Cristiano Ronaldo-Birth
Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Nuclear Power-The overall failure of the U.S. nuclear power program
Monday Feb 11, 1985 - U.S.A
Popeyes-500th restaurant
1985 - U.S.
Stuart Long -Long won the Golden Gloves
1985 - Montana, U.S
Mikhail Gorbachev-Chernenko died
Sunday Mar 10, 1985 at 12:00:00 AM - Russia
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Badr
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Al Qurnah, Iraq
Mikhail Gorbachev-General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-General Secretary
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia
Iran–Iraq War-Breaking Through North of Qurna
Thursday Mar 14, 1985 - Al Qurnah, Iraq
Iran–Iraq War-The second "war of the cities"
Thursday Mar 21, 1985 - Tehran - Tabriz - Shiraz - Isfahan, Iran
Brexit-The second Margaret Thatcher government
1985 - United Kingdom
Prince Harry-The First Overseas Tour
Friday Apr 19, 1985 - Italy
Pablo Escobar: Narcos-Palace of Justice siege
Friday Apr 19, 1985 - Colombia
Freddie Mercury-Mercury began another long-term relationship with Irish-born hairdresser Jim Hutton
1985 - England, United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury-Mercury and Everett had fallen out
1985 - England, United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury-Mr. Bad Guy
Monday Apr 29, 1985 - Musicland Studios, Munich, West Germany (Present Day in Germany)
Iran–Iraq War-Anti-war demonstrations
Apr, 1985 - Iran
Johan Cruyff-Back to Ajax
May, 1985 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
James Bond-A View to a Kill premiere
Wednesday May 22, 1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Colombian conflict-the creation of the Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica)
Tuesday May 28, 1985 - Bogotá, Colombia
Heysel Stadium Events-1985 European Cup Final
Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Heysel Stadium Events-The trouble started
Wednesday May 29, 1985 at 05 PM - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Heysel Stadium Events-The Result
Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Heysel Stadium Events-The Blame
Thursday May 30, 1985 - England, United Kingdom
Barack Obama-Community organizer
Jun, 1985 - Chicago, U.S.
Heysel Stadium Events-UEFA banned English clubs for "...An indeterminate period of time"
Saturday Jun 1, 1985 - England, United Kingdom
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
Wednesday Jun 5, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Atari, Inc.-The Atari ST.
Jun, 1985 - U.S.
Plane Accidents-Air India Flight 182
Sunday Jun 23, 1985 - Near Watervill, Ireland
Michael Phelps-Birth
Sunday Jun 30, 1985 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Changes
Monday Jul 1, 1985 - Russia
Plane Accidents-Tupolev Tu-154B-2, Aeroflot Flight 7425
Wednesday Jul 10, 1985 - Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan-Colon Surgery
Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Bethesda, Maryland, U.S
Freddie Mercury-Live Aid
Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani opposed the IRGC leadership's plan
Wednesday Jul 17, 1985 - Iran
Trivial Pursuit-Northern Plastics produced 30,000,000 games
1985 - Elroy, Wisconsin, U.S.
Zara-New system and instant fashion
1985 - A Coruña, Spain
Plane Accidents-JAL flight123
Monday Aug 12, 1985 - Mount Osutaka, Ueno, Gunma Perfecture, Japan
Heysel Stadium Events-Memorial was presented to the victims
1985 - Juventus headquarters in Piazza Crimea, Turin, Italy
Severo Ochoa-Spanish science policy authorities
1985 - Madrid, Spain
Apple Inc.-Jobs leaves Apple
Tuesday Sep 17, 1985 - U.S.
Atari, Inc.-Remaining divisions
1985 - Japan
David Cameron-Entering Oxford University
Oct, 1985 - Brasenose College, Oxford, England
Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner's Birth
Saturday Oct 5, 1985 - U.S.
Richard Branson-Branson formed Virgin Holidays
1985 - England, United Kingdom
River Phoenix-Phoenix's first major motion picture role
1985 - California, United States
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Gardner resumed contact with Jackie and had a second child
1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Steven Spielberg-1st Marriage
Nov, 1985 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Storming The Colombian Palace of Justice
Wednesday Nov 6, 1985 - Bogota, Colombia
Xerox-Xerox sold all of its publishing subsidiaries
1985 - U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Armero Tragedy
Wednesday Nov 13, 1985 - Colombia
Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Agreement
Friday Nov 15, 1985 - Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, UK
Microsoft-Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Warren Buffett-The Insurance Sector
1985 - U.S.
Cinnabon-Opening The First Cinnabon
Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 - Federal Way, Washington, U.S.
Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner spend her childhood with her mother
Saturday Dec 7, 1985 - U.S.
Plane Accidents-Douglas DC-8, Arrow Air Flight 1285
Thursday Dec 12, 1985 - Newfoundland, Canada
Chernobyl disaster-The third test to Chernobyl nuclear power plant
1985 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
Dec, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party (Yeltsin)
Monday Dec 23, 1985 - Moscow, Russia