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Release of the Apple I
The Apple I computer is released. -
Apple Inc. is officially created.
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Apple enters the Forbes Fortune 500 at spot #411.
The first company in American history to enter the Fortune 500 in under five years. -
Apple's "1984" commercial for Macintosh
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Steve Jobs leaves Apple to begin a new company.
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Steve Jobs buys Pixar
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Apple buys Jobs's new company, returning him to his former company.
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Steve Jobs has surgery for pancreatic cancer.
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Disney buys Pixar.
Through Disney's acquisition of Pixar, Jobs is put on Disney's board. -
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple.
However, per his request, he was named the head of Apple's Board of Directors.
