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Microsoft releases Windows 3.0, the version that would definitively establish the graphical user interface on personal computers and propel the company to the top of the software market. 22 May 1990
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Dr. John Pemberton serves for the first time the syrup that will become Coca-Cola, at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta, USA — a new success in the soft-drinks category that will grow into an international brand and a cultural icon. 8 May 1886
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Coco Chanel launches her legendary fragrance Chanel No. 5 in Paris, a product that will be not merely a perfume but a cultural and marketing phenomenon, with an enormous impact on the beauty and luxury industries. 5 May 1921
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken is founded in the Netherlands, the company that will grow into today's Philips, one of the largest technology groups in the world and a pioneer in lighting, electronics and medical technology. 15 May 1891
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In Tokyo, Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka found Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, the company that will later be renamed Sony — one of the most influential technology groups in the world. 7 May 1946
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is born, the American entrepreneur, programmer and co-founder of Facebook (Meta), who will radically change the way millions of people around the world communicate and share information. 14 May 1984
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