History of Apple Computers By lisamarieclarke Apr 1, 1976 Apple Computers Formed Apr 16, 1977 Apple II first presented during West Coast Computer Faire Dec 12, 1980 Apple offers public stock Spokane Daily News May 11, 1987 First Corporate Stock Dividend May 11, 1987 Apple registered the Apple.com domain name Apple.com Dec 10, 1996 Apple buys NeXt CNet News Jul 9, 1997 Gil Amelio Ousted as CEO- Jobs takes over LA Times Article Nov 10, 1997 Apple Store goes online Canadian Apple Store Link Jan 9, 2001 Powerbook G4 Introduced May 15, 2001 Jobs holds press event at Apple's first retail store Cult of Mac First Store Oct 23, 2001 iPod introduced Apr 28, 2003 Apple iTunes launched in US Aug 31, 2004 iMac G5 processor unveiled Oct 26, 2004 Colour version of iPod introduced Apr 29, 2005 Apple releases Mac OS X tiger Jun 6, 2005 Jobs announces intel-based Macintosh computers News release Sep 7, 2005 iPod Nano launched Oct 24, 2005 Apple Releases Dual Core Processor with Power Mac G5 Dual Jan 10, 2006 Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro introduced Feb 23, 2006 iTunes sold its 1 billionth song ABC News Sep 12, 2006 Apple Tv unveiled in San Francisco, California Jun 29, 2007 Apple iPhone available Jan 27, 2010 Apple iPad announced May 26, 2010 Apple's stock market value over took Microsoft Venture Beat News Mar 2, 2011 iPad 2 unveiled Aug 24, 2011 Jobs resigns as CEO Oct 5, 2011 Jobs dies of Pancreatic Cancer ABC News.Com Mar 16, 2012 iPad 3 Launched iPad3 Review
