1955 - 1960s: Birth - Childhood
February 24, 1955: Steve Jobs is born in San Francisco. He is adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
1969: Jobs meets Steve Wozniak at Homestead High School.
1970s: Apple II
April 1, 1976: Founds Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne. Wayne would later sell back his stake in the company, after becoming skittish that Apple would succeed.
July 1976: The Apple I goes on sale for $666.66. The computer was a fully assembled circuit board, however, users had to provide their own case, keyboard, power supply and display. About 200 units were made, many with wooden cases.
April 17, 1977: The Apple II makes its debut at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. In June, the system goes on sale. It becomes a huge success and helps kickstart the personal computer revolution.
1979: Jobs visits Xerox PARC and gets a glimpse at the mouse and the graphical user interface. Jobs immediately realizes that the GUI is the future of computing.
1980s: Macintosh / NeXT
December 12, 1980: Apple goes public. Its shares are priced at $22 and close at $29 their first day, giving the company a market valuation of 1.77 billion.
March 1981: Jobs becomes chairman of the board at Apple.
February 15, 1982: Jobs appears on the over of Time magazine.
April 8, 1983: Jobs convinces John Sculley, then CEO of Pepsi, to join Apple as its CEO. Jobs famously asked Sculley if he would rather "sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?"
January 22, 1984: Apple's "1984" commercial introducing the Macintosh airs during the Super Bowl.
May 28, 1985: John Sculley and the Apple board of directors fire Jobs from his role as head of the Mac division.
September 13, 1985: Jobs resigns from Apple and goes on to found NeXT.
1986: Jobs buys The Graphics Group, which would later become known as Pixar Animation Studios, from George Lucas.
October 12, 1988: The NeXT computer makes its debut.
1989: Pixar's animated short, Tin Toy wins an Academy Award.
1990s: Pixar / iMac
March 18, 1991: Jobs marries Laurene Powell.
February 11, 1993: NeXT stops selling hardware in order to focus on software. That software NeXTSTEP, would end up becoming the building blocks for Mac OS X and iOS.
November 1995: Disney releases Toy Storyover Thanksgiving weekend and amidst a big media campaign. The film is a box office sensation.
November 29, 1995: Pixar goes public and its resulting IPO makes Jobs a billionaire.
June 1996: Triumph of the Nerds airs on PBS. Jobs is featured prominently alongside Microsoft founder and CEO, Bill Gates.
December 1996: Jobs convinces Apple to buy NeXT and its assets for $400 million. In exchange, he will return to the company in what is initially posed as a "limited advisory role."
July 9, 1997: Apple CEO Gil Amelio resigns. Jobs is made interim CEO, or "iCEO." Jobs still maintains his post as CEO of Pixar.
August 1997: Jobs announces that Apple will be signing a new business partnership with arch rival Microsoft.
May 6, 1998: Jobs announces the iMac. The translucent, egg-shaped aqua-marine computer looks like nothing else on the planet. It helps kick off Apple's renaissance and re-birth.
June 20, 1999: Jobs is portrayed by Noah Wyle in the TNT telefilm, *Pirates of Silicon Valley.* Wyle will appear on-stage with Jobs at Macworld later that sumer.
July 1999: Te clam-shell iBook is released. It has lots of fun colors and built-in wireless.
Early 2000s: iPod
January 5, 2000: Steve Jobs drops the "interim" from his title and becomes Apple's permanent CEO.
May 2001: The first Apple retail store is opened. Within a decade, more than 300 stores would pop up worldwide. Apple also officially releases Mac OS X, its next generation operating system.
October 23, 2001: Jobs announces the iPod. Slashdot famously sums up the
device, writing "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." The world would be proven wrong.
April 28, 2003: The iTunes Music Store launches for Mac users.
February 2004: Pixar and Disney appear to be at an impasse for future distribution deals.
August 2004: Jobs announces that he will be taking a short leave of absence to recover from surgery. He reveals that a cancerous tumor was found in his pancreas but that he is expected to make a full recovery.
January 10, 2005: The Mac mini is introduced.
June 2005: Apple announces that it is transitioning to Intel processors. This decision will make Apple a true competitor in the world of computer hardware.
Late 200s: iPhone
January 2006: Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion. Jobs gets 7% of Disney stock, becoming its largest individual shareholder and earning himself a seat on the board.
June 2006: Jobs's thin appearance causes concern at WWDC.
January 9, 2007: Jobs unveils the iPhone. For the next six months, it will captivate the tech world before its release. Jobs also announces that Apple Computer, Inc. will just become Apple, Inc.
June 29, 2007: The iPhone is released.
January 15, 2008: Jobs takes the stage at Macworld for the final time and introduces the MacBook Air.
June 2008: Jobs's gaunt appearance at WWDC again cause concerns over his health.
January 14, 2009: Jobs announces that he is taking a leave of absence to focus on his health. Tim Cook takes over as acting-CEO.
April 2009: Jobs undergoes a successful liver transplant.
June 2009: Jobs returns to work at Apple.
2010-2011: iPad
January 2010: Jobs introduces the iPad to the world.
April 2010: The iPad goes on sale and quickly becomes the fastest selling new electronic gadget of all time.
January 17, 2011: Jobs announces that he is taking an extended leave of absence to focus on his health.
February 2011: Jobs pleases fans by introducing the iPad 2 to the public.
August 24, 2011: Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple, advocating for Tim Cook to act as his replacement. Cook is appointed by the board, who also vote to make Jobs chairman.
October 5, 2011: Steve Jobs passes away due to complications stemming from pancreatic cancer.
Story of : Mashable
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