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1966 - After failed attempts to grow and sell both Christmas trees and budgerigars, Branson launches his first successful business, a magazine named Student, the first issue of which appeared in January 1968.^[1]

1970 - Starts selling records by mail-order^{[citation needed]}
1971 - Opens his first record shop on Oxford Street^{[citation needed]}
1972 - Opens a Virgin Recording Studio^{[citation needed]}
1973 - Launches Virgin Records record label ^[1
1983 - Virgin Games is launched.
1984 - Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin cargo are launched.^[1]
1984 - Virgin Vision (launched the previous year) launches "Music Box", a 24-hour satellite music station.
1985 - Branson starts Virgin Holidays
1987 - Branson takes Virgin Records to the United States
1990s[edit]
- 1990 - Virgin Megastores arrives in Japan^{[citation needed]}
- 1991 - Virgin Publishing (Virgin Books) is formed^{[citation needed]}
- 1992 - Virgin Records is sold to Thorn EMI ^[2]
- 1993 - Virgin Radio hits the airwaves with Virgin 1215AM^[3]
- 1994 - Launch of Virgin Vodka and Virgin Cola^{[citation ne}
2000s[edit]
- 2000 - Virgin launches Australian airline Virgin Blue^{[citation needed]} (now called Virgin Australia)
- 2000 - Virgin sells Rushes Postproduction to Ascent Media - then Liberty Livewire
- 2000 - Virgin launches Virgin Energy
- 2000 - Virgin launches Virgin Cars
- 2012 - Virgin Galactic announces the development of orbital space launch system LauncherOne.^[6]
- 2013 - Virgin Media sold to Liberty Global