1975 Microsoft, eventually the world's largest software company, is founded on April 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.Timeline State: New MexicoTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: science & technologyEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1975
1916 Francisco "Pancho" Villa raids Columbus, New Mexico on March 9. In response General John J. Pershing leads 4,800 U.S. soldiers on a punitive expedition into Mexico which begins on March 14 and ends on February 7, 1917.Timeline State: New MexicoTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: international affairsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1916
1913 On February 3, the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, creating the federal income tax, becomes law with its ratification by New Mexico.Timeline State: New MexicoTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: constitutional amendmentsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1913
1912 On January 6, New Mexico becomes the forty-seventh state.Timeline State: New MexicoTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: statehoodEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1912
