April 4, 1975

1975-04-04 00:00 UTC

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Microsoft is founded

Two programmers in Albuquerque bet that software, not hardware, is the business.
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When exactly did microsoft is founded take place?
It is recorded at 1975-04-04 00:00 UTC — April 4, 1975 in Coordinated Universal Time. Every minute in this registry is stored in UTC so it reads the same anywhere in the world.
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Confirmed on October 1, 2026 in block 969,500. Anyone can verify this record exists, without us.

SHA-256 64f4f8ad540e4fe0a2d4ea3b76e2e6fed2cb0615c30cdf19b85747c7a733b7ef

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