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  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1980
    Bill Gates

    IBM approached Microsoft

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1980

    IBM approached Microsoft in July 1980 in reference to an operating system for its upcoming personal computer, the IBM PC. IBM first proposed that Microsoft write the Basic interpreter.




  • Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
    Sunday Jul 27, 1980
    Jacinda Ardern

    Birth

    Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
    Sunday Jul 27, 1980

    Jacinda was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Ardern grew up as a Mormon in Morrinsville and Murupara, where her father, Ross Ardern, worked as a police officer, and her mother, Laurell Ardern (née Bottomley), worked as a school catering assistant.




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