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Happy Birthday Facebook: A look back at the last 10 years

Ten years ago, the biggest social network on the planet, Facebook, made its debut as a small chatroom for Harvard students.Today, it now has over 1 billion active monthly users.

To celebrate its birthday, Facebook is also giving users a way to relive the years gone by on their profile with a feature called Look Back, where you can  watch a personalized movie, view a collection of your top photos, or read a “thank you” card from the company.

In the meantime, here’s a look back at the social network’s biggest milestones and how it’s web look has changed over the past decade.

2004

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  • February 4th: Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch ‘The Facebook’, a chatroom for Harvard University students
  • March: The Facebook expands to more colleges and universities around America.
  • September: The Facebook launches the Wall, where students can post messages to their friends.
  • December: The Facebook reaches 1 million users.

2005

  • September 20th: The Facebook drops “The’ from its name to become known as just “Facebook”
  • September: High school networks are added, allowing high school students to use the social network.
  • October: International school networks are added to Facebook and photos can now be uploaded and shared on users’ profiles.
  • December: Facebook reaches 6 million users

2006

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  • April: Facebook mobile launches.
  • September 5th: Facebook News and Mini-Feed make their debut.
  • September 26th: Facebook becomes open for anyone to join.
  • December: Facebook doubles its users to 12 million.

2007

Facebook-in-2007

  • June 2007: Facebook Video launches.
  • December 2007: Facebook reaches 58 million users.

2008

  • June 10th: Facebook iPhone App launches.
  • February 9th: The ‘Like’ button makes its debut.facebook-baby-names

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  • March 11th: New Facebook home page launches.
  • December: Facebook reaches 360 million users.

2010

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  • December 2010: Facebook reaches 608 million users.

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  • September 2011: Facebook Timeline launches.2
  • November 6th, 2011: Facebook reaches 845 million users

2012

  • April 9th: Facebook acquires Instagram.
  • May 18th: Facebook holds its initial public offering at  $26.81 per share.
  • October 4th: Facebook reaches over 1 billion users.

2013

  • April 4th: Facebook launches Home2 (1)

2014

January 30th: Facebook introduces Paper.

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