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First Investment
Peter Thiel invests $500,000 into the program, so Mark drops out of Harvard, and moves to their new headquarters in Palo Alto, California -
One million users on the site
After nine months of production, Facebook achieves one million active users -
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Facebook is launched
Facebook is launched in a Harvard dorm room by Mark Zuckerberg and his friends -
Future Funding
Facebook receives more funding 12.7 million from Accel partners -
Official Facebook Name Change
The name "thefacebook.com" was officially name is changed to the current name of Facebook -
More Facebook Funding
Facebook receives $27.5 million in funding from Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and many other supporters -
International Headquarters
Facebook announced that it would set up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland -
Facebook pays ConnectU
Facebook pays ConnectU, a company owned by former Harvard classmates Divya Narendra and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, $65 million in a confidential settlement -
Most Used Social Network Site
Facebook is named most used social network site by a complete.com study -
More Users
Facebook now has over 500 million active users -
Named TIME magazine's person of the years
Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is named TIME magazine’s person of the year -
500 Million Users
The company announced 500 million users in July 2010 -
Facebook becomes Canada's third largest American web company
Facebook's value was $41 billion. The company had slightly passed eBay to become the third largest American web company after Google and Amazon.com. -
Second-most accessed website
Facebook had become the second-most accessed website in the United States behind Google -
They won an Emmy award
Facebook won an Emmy for its Visual animated short "Henry"
