Steve Jobs - 2011 By connorvice Feb 24, 1955 Steven Paul is born in San Francisco, CA, soon to be adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Period: Feb 24, 1955 to Sep 20, 2011 Steve Jobs - 2011 Jul 31, 1960 The Jobs family moves to the center of the growing Silicon Valley in Palo Alto. Jul 31, 1969 Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak. Oct 31, 1973 Steve spends one semester at Reed College, Oregon, then drops out. Jul 31, 1974 Steve gets a job at Atari. Jul 31, 1975 Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobs' garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists. Apr 1, 1976 Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne. Jun 1, 1978 The Apple II becomes the first mass-market personal computer, a huge hit all around the US. Aug 12, 1981 IBM launches the IBM PC, the biggest threat to Apple's future. Feb 1, 1982 Steve ends up on the cover of Time Magazine. Jan 24, 1984 Macintosh is launched at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting. Sep 17, 1985 Steve Jobs resigns from Apple. Apple announces it will sue Steve's future company, NeXT. May 1, 1991 Steve, now CEO of Pixar, signs a deal with Disney to make a computer-animated feature film. Dec 1, 1996 Apple buys NeXT for $400 million. Steve Jobs returns as CEO of Apple. Oct 23, 2001 Steve Jobs unveils the first iPod. Apr 28, 2003 Apple opens the online iTunes Music Store in the US. Oct 31, 2003 Steve Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Jan 10, 2006 Steve Jobs introduces the MacBook Pro. Jan 9, 2007 Apple Computer becomes Apple Inc. Jun 29, 2007 iPhone is released in the US. Jan 15, 2008 Steve Jobs introduces the world’s thinnest notebook, the MacBook Air. Apr 1, 2009 Steve has surgery for a liver transplant. Jan 27, 2010 teve Jobs unveils iPad, the much-anticipated Apple tablet.
