Facebook turns 12, celebrates it as 'Friends Day'

Worldwide popular social networking site Facebook on Thursday turned 12. It was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

With the passage of time, Facebook has earned quite a name among the people and has turned into a necessity.

After 12 years now, atleast 1.5 billion people are associated with the website and are its active users.

Facebook’s owner, Mark Zuckerberg, has emerged the world’s sixth richest man.

The social network is commemorating the event with a custom video for millions of users chronicling users rich history of spending a lot of time on Facebook. The occasion, which the company is calling "Friends Day," is meant to celebrate real-life friendships through photos and life events.

Facebook is also releasing a series of new sticker packs today, including ones labeled "Friendship" and "Best Friends" featuring a hodgepodge of popular animated characters. Stickers are Facebook’s version of anthropomorphic animal emoticons featuring characters like Beast, named after and based on Zuckerberg’s own Hungarian sheep dog, and Pusheen the Cat from the animated webcomic of the same name. You can check out the new collection at Facebook’s Sticker Store.