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Nike becomes official supplier for NBA apparel.
Nike becomes official supplier for NFL apparel.
Nike acquires Converse for $309 million.
Nike signs Lebron James and Kobe Bryant.
Nike acquires surf-apparel company Hurley.
Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman dies at 88.
Nike signs Tiger Woods.
First Niketown store opens in Portland, Oregon.
First "Just Do It" campaign launches with ad featuring 80-year-old running icon Walter Stack running across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Nike drops ad for new Air Max shoes set to The Beatles' "Revolution," making it the first ad to use the band's music.
Nike signs Michael Jordan, launching Air Jordan series.
Nike completes IPO with a price of 18 cents a share.
Nike introduces patented "Air" technology with new Tailwind shoe..
Romanian tennis player Ilie Nastase becomes the first athlete to sign an endorsement with Nike.
Bowerman comes up with iconic sole pattern for Waffle Trainers after putting rubber into a waffle iron
Cutting ties with Onitsuka Tiger (now Asics), Blue Ribbon Sports becomes Nike Inc., using swoosh logo created by Portland State University student Carolyn Davis for $35
Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman found Blue Ribbon Sports