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On February 24th 1955, Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California.
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Steve Jobs, 13 at the time, calls Bill Hewlett and gets a summer job at the HP factory.
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Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak, 5 years older, through a mutual friend. Woz and Steve share a love of electronics, Bob Dylan, and pranks.
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Steve and Wozniak build and illegally sell 'blue boxes' that allow to make phone calls for free.
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Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobses' garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists.
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Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million
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The Macintosh is launched in great fanfare at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting.
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The Apple Board forces Steve out of his executive duties, and his job.
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Jobs buys the computer division of George Lucas' ILM for $10 million and incorporates it as Pixar.
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Steve starts focusing more on Pixar before Toy Story is released. He becomes President & CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.
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As apple's CEO causes Apple much financial pain, Jobs is re-hired as CEO.
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Steve Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but stubbornly refuses any modern medical treatment for months. He tries alternative diets instead
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Steve Jobs finally has his pancreatic tumor removed by surgery.
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In his most memorable keynote presentation ever, Steve introduces iPhone and announces the company's name change from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. to better reflect its new nature.
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Jobs presents his last keynote speech as Apple CEO at the World Wide Developer Conference on June 6th 2011.
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Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple, with the words 'I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.' Tim Cook becomes Apple CEO
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Steve Jobs dies at home, surrounded by his family.
