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Stephen Gary Wozniak Born
Wozniak born 8/11/1950 in San Jose, California -
Freshman Year of College
Woz attends the University of Colorado at Boulder... then he drops out after one year -
Designs "Blue Box" w/ Steve Jobs
"Blue Box" was a device used to hack into the telephone network without paying for long-distance calls -
Lands job at Hewlett-Packard Company
Wozniak formally drops out of UC Berkeley and starts working for HP -
Homebrew Computer Club
Woz joins the Homebrew Computer Club, a group out of San Francisco that worked with the Altair 8800 microcomputer do-it-yourself kit -
Designs own microcomputer
While interning at HP, Wozniak designed his own microcomputer using the Intel Corporation 8080, one of the world's first microprocessors -
Founding of "Apple Computer"
Woz and Jobs found their own computer company based out of the garage of Jobs' parents -
Release of Apple II
After building microcomputer circuit boards in the Jobs family garage, Woz and Jobs produce their own finished product: the Apple II -
Apple goes public
"Apple Computers" goes public and changes its name to "Apple, Inc."
Market value exceeded $1 billion, making Woz and Jobs instant multimillionaires -
PLANE CRASH
Woz crashed his airplane. He sustained several injuries including traumatic amnesia, which made him unable to form new long-term memories -
Awarded National Medal of Technology
Woz and Jobs receive National Medal of Technology from President Reagan, and Woz officially retires from Apple -
BS in electrical engineering
Berkeley awards Woz with a BS in electrical engineering after he attempted to finish his degrees in computer science and electrical engineering. Woz dropped out before finished the degrees but was later given credit for his work at Apple -
CL 9 makes first Universal Remote Control
After founding the company in 1985, CL 9 brought to market the first programmable universal remote control in 1987. -
Publishes Autobiography
Woz publishes his autobiography: "iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It" -
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Woz and Jobs inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame -
Chief Scientist at Fusion-io
Woz becomes chief scientist at Fusion-io, who developed high-capacity, solid-state storage devices -
Chief Scientist at Primary Data
Fusion-io sold to SanDisk resulting in Woz leaving the company to become chief scientist at Primary Data, which was involved in data visualization
