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Birth
Steven Paul is born in San Francisco, CA, soon to be adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. -
Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak
Steve and Woz build and sell illegally blue boxes to Berkeley students. -
Drops out of college
Fall: Steve spends one semester at Reed College, Oregon, then drops out. -
Apple is born
Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobs' garage, and sell them to hobbyists. -
IBM and Apple
IBM launches the IBM PC, the biggest threat to Apple's future. -
Bye Bye Apple
Steve Jobs resigns from Apple. Apple announces it will sue Steve's future company, NeXT. -
Mona Simpson
Steve discovers his biological mother, novelist Mona Simpson. -
Pixar and Disney
Pixar signs a deal with Disney to make a computer-animated feature film. -
Cancer
Steve Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
August 2004: He has his pancreatic tumor removed by surgery. -
iTunes
"The day hell froze over": Steve Jobs introduces iTunes for Windows.