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1955
Steve Jobs is born in San Francisco, California on Februrary 24, 1955 -
1972
Jobs enrolls at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but drops out after a semester -
1974
Jobs works for game maker Atari and attends Homebrew computer meetings -
1976
Apple computer is formed on April Fool's Day -
1980
Apple goes public, raising $110 million in one of the biggest initial public offerings to date. -
1984
Iconic "1984" Macintosh commercial directed by Ridley Scott airs during the Super Bowl -
1986
Jobs starts Next Inc., a new computer company making high-end machines for universities -
1996
Apple announces plans to buy Next for $430 million for the operating system Jobs' team developed -
1998
Apple returns to profitability -
2007
Apple releases its first smartphone, the iPhone