Flash “pre-history” (Flash creator – Jonathan Gay)
1985 – first games for Mac
1987 – first drawing applications
1991 – IntelliDraw for Mac
1993 – SmartSketch (for pen computers/devices)
1996 – FutureSplash Animator – vectorial animation for the Web
Flash
1996 – Macromedia buys FutureSplash Animator, releases Flash 1.0
1997 – Flash 2.0
1998 – Flash 3.0
1999 – Flash 4.0 (improved programming)
2000 – Flash 5.0 (ActionScritpt 1.0, XML)
2002 – Flash MX (video, components)
2003 – Flash MX 2004 (mobile devices; improved video and components; ActionScript 2.0)
2005 – Flash 8.0
2005 – Adobe announces it will buy Macromedia
2007 – Flash CS3 (ActionScript 3.0)
(Sources: Create Online magazine, Wikipedia)