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Born
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Family moves
family adopts sister Patty and moves to Mountain View California -
Enters 4th grade
Has teacher Mrs. Imogene "Teddy" Hills who he describes as a saint in his life -
Moves to Los Altos, California
Steve requests a better school and the family moves. -
Steve meets Steve
Meets Steve Wozniac "Woz", . starts high school at Homestead High, favorite publication (Whole Earth Catalog) debuts- encourage readers to embrace coming world of computers -
Enters College
he enters Reed College in Portland, Oregon, soon drops out but attends class of choice like calligraphy -
Returns home
Returns home and works at new video game Atari -
Creates new company
Steve and Woz decide to create their own computer company. Steve suggests the name Apple -
Partners in Apple
21 yr old Steve, 26 yr old Woz, and 41 yr old Ron Wayne sign agreement making them partners in Apple Computers (Ron afraid he would lose money dropped out 11 days later) -
Apple Moves
moves from Steve's family room to his garage, Steve hand delivers first 50 Apple computers to Paul Terrell's Byte Shop in Mountain View -all produced in 30 days , -
Another move
Apple moves into rented space in Cupertino, California -
Apple Logo created
Steve meets art director Rob Janoff, who designs a 6 colored Apple Logo the has a bite (byte) taken out of it -
Apple II
Apple II computer proves to be a huge hit when they go on display in San Francisco West Coast Computer Faire -
Apple goes Public
Apple computer becomes public company and shares can be purchased for $20. -
Mac goes to Superbowl
Steve introduces Apple Macintosh, airing on Superbowl Sunday and goes on to win advertising awards -
Steve exiled
Steve is exiled from Apple and resigns, starts new company and names it NeXT with software that he calls NeXTSTEP -
Pixar
Steve buys Pixar. Their image computers create innovative animation. -
A new Family
Steve learns of and meets biological mother and sister -
World Wide Web (www.)
Tim Berners-Lee uses NeXT computer and its software to create the World Wide Web, known as the Internet -
Married
Steve marries Laurene Powell -
Sale of NeXT
Steve agrees to sell NeXT software to Apple and shortly after, becomes head of Apple -
Think Different
Steve commissions Lee Clow of Chiat/Day to create television commercial to reintroduce Apple computer, "Think Different" is the result, ad wins countless awards, including an Emmy -
iMac
Introduces the iMac computer -
iPod
introduces iPod -
iTunes
introduces the iTunes store -
Cancer
Steve is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer -
iPod mini
introduces iPod mini -
Mac mini and Ipod Shuffle
introduces Mac mini and the iPod Shuffle -
Speech
Steve delivers a now famous Commencement address to the graduates of Stanford University -
iPhone
introduces iPhone -
iPad
introduces iPad -
He Dies
Steve dies at home in Los Altos, California