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family adopts sister Patty and moves to Mountain View California
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Has teacher Mrs. Imogene "Teddy" Hills who he describes as a saint in his life
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Steve requests a better school and the family moves.
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Meets Steve Wozniac "Woz", . starts high school at Homestead High, favorite publication (Whole Earth Catalog) debuts- encourage readers to embrace coming world of computers
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he enters Reed College in Portland, Oregon, soon drops out but attends class of choice like calligraphy
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Returns home and works at new video game Atari
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Steve and Woz decide to create their own computer company. Steve suggests the name Apple
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21 yr old Steve, 26 yr old Woz, and 41 yr old Ron Wayne sign agreement making them partners in Apple Computers (Ron afraid he would lose money dropped out 11 days later)
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moves from Steve's family room to his garage, Steve hand delivers first 50 Apple computers to Paul Terrell's Byte Shop in Mountain View -all produced in 30 days ,
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Apple moves into rented space in Cupertino, California
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Steve meets art director Rob Janoff, who designs a 6 colored Apple Logo the has a bite (byte) taken out of it
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Apple II computer proves to be a huge hit when they go on display in San Francisco West Coast Computer Faire
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Apple computer becomes public company and shares can be purchased for $20.
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Steve introduces Apple Macintosh, airing on Superbowl Sunday and goes on to win advertising awards
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Steve is exiled from Apple and resigns, starts new company and names it NeXT with software that he calls NeXTSTEP
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Steve buys Pixar. Their image computers create innovative animation.
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Steve learns of and meets biological mother and sister
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Tim Berners-Lee uses NeXT computer and its software to create the World Wide Web, known as the Internet
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Steve marries Laurene Powell
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Steve agrees to sell NeXT software to Apple and shortly after, becomes head of Apple
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Steve commissions Lee Clow of Chiat/Day to create television commercial to reintroduce Apple computer, "Think Different" is the result, ad wins countless awards, including an Emmy
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Introduces the iMac computer
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introduces iPod
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introduces the iTunes store
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Steve is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
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introduces iPod mini
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introduces Mac mini and the iPod Shuffle
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Steve delivers a now famous Commencement address to the graduates of Stanford University
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introduces iPhone
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introduces iPad
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Steve dies at home in Los Altos, California