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Birth
Steven Paul was born in San Francisco, the son of Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He is quickly adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs -
Steve goes to college
He enters Reed College in Portland where he meets Steve Wozniak -
Phone Phreaks
Steve and Wozniak build and illegally sell 'blue boxes' that allow to make phone calls for free. -
Garage sale
Steve and Wozniak start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobses' garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists, including 50 for the Byte Shop -
First personal computer
The Apple II becomes the first mass-market personal computer, with impressive sales around the US. Apple becomes a symbol of the personal computing revolution. -
Rise to Fame
A portrait of Steve Jobs ends up on the cover of Time Magazine, under the title 'Striking it Rich' -
Fired
After having problems with the top management of the company that he founded, he was fired from Apple Computer. -
Wedding
Steve marries Laurene Powell in Yosemite under the blessing of Steve's old zen guru Kobin Chino. Laurene is already pregnant. -
Launch of Toy Story
The integration of this company into Disney, of which it was a supplier, would make Jobs the largest individual shareholder of the entertainment giant. -
Pancreatic cancer
Jobs announces that he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas. -
Tim Cook becomes Apple CEO
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 -
Steve Jobs dies
Steve Jobs died at his home in California at around 3 in the afternoon as a result of respiratory arrest resulting from metastases from pancreatic cancer.
