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Headline: This Day in History: Facebook Launches
Caption: February 4, 2004. Initially called "The Facebook," the site was launched on this day by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg. "The Facebook" served as a social network for Harvard students to connect with their classmates. It was based on Zuckerberg's other social media site, FaceMash, in which male students voted on the attractiveness of female students.
Keywords: This Day in History,History,Offbeat,Facebook,The Facebook,Launches,Harvard,University,Harvard University,Mark Zuckerberg,FaceMash,Harvard Connection,Social Network,Social Media,Launch,Site,Web,Students,Controversy,Data
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