February 4, 1998: The Day Bill Gates Went Over To The Dark Side

Of course Mr. Gates was referred to as the Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Diablo, Beelzebub, etc. for a decade prior to this:  

—NY Daily News

Unfortunately for the world, Bill did not have a Wendi Deng (in pink) nearby. She was not available to leap over people (ahead of security) to get in a good whack as she did here, at someone trying the same battery on her then-husband, Rupert Murdoch: