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Steve Jobs is born in San Francisco, California on Februrary 24, 1955
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Jobs enrolls at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but drops out after a semester
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Jobs works for game maker Atari and attends Homebrew computer meetings
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Apple computer is formed on April Fool's Day
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Apple goes public, raising $110 million in one of the biggest initial public offerings to date.
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Iconic "1984" Macintosh commercial directed by Ridley Scott airs during the Super Bowl
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Jobs starts Next Inc., a new computer company making high-end machines for universities
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Apple announces plans to buy Next for $430 million for the operating system Jobs' team developed
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Apple returns to profitability
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Apple releases its first smartphone, the iPhone