Royal Purple Company History. Royal Purple was founded as an industrial lubricants company by John Williams. Williams was a pioneer in developing synthetic lubricants as far back as the 1950s. He continued pursuing his passion for lubrication by serving as a consultant to numerous companies after his retirement in the 1980âs.
Apple's iPhone was introduced at MacWorld in January 2007 and officially went on sale June 29, 2007, selling 146,000 units within the first weekend of launch.
The iPhone was unveiled on Jan. 9, 2007.AP. It's eight years to the day since Steve Jobs first revealed the iPhone to the world. It was nothing short of a miracle. Before the iPhone came out, smartphones were clunky devices, half keyboard and half screen.