Apple _- Steven Paul By amabno1 Feb 24, 1955 Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco Jan 1, 1972 Steve and Woz build and illeglly Jan 1, 1974 Steve gets his first job at video game maker Apr 1, 1976 apple computer Inc Nov 14, 1978 THe apple ll becomes the first mass- market personal computer Dec 12, 1980 apple goes public increasing steve Jobs net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million Jan 24, 1984 macintosh is launched in great fanfare at apples annual shareholder meeting May 19, 2001 apply opens its first retail stores in tysons corner virginia and Glendale , California Oct 23, 2001 after an 8-month crash development program steve jobs unveils ipod at a small media event on the company's he has no idea how it will tranform apple Jan 1, 2003 steve jons is dignosed with pancreatic cancer Jan 23, 2003 steve jobs unveils the power mac G5 the world's fastest computer at WWDC Apr 28, 2003 apple opens the revolutionary online i tunes music store in the US after negotiating landmark deals with all major music labels Jan 9, 2007 in his most memoranle keynote presentation ever at macworld 2007 steve jobs introduces i phone is released in the us Jan 29, 2007 i phone is released in the US the same day as pixar's 8th feature film ratatouille Jan 27, 2010 After months of wild rumors steve jobs unvelis ipad the biggest thing apple's ever done the table runs the same operating system as iphone Oct 5, 2011 steve jobs dies at home surrounded by his family