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Steven Jobs was born in San Francisco, California
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The Jobs family moves to Mountain View, California, which would eventually turn into Silicon Valley.
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Jobs meets future Apple c-founder, Steve Wozniak.
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Co-founds Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
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The Apple II became the first mass-marketed personal computer
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Steve Jobs is fired from Apple by the board, then starts a new company called NeXT.
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Steve purchases the computer animation division from George Lucas and makes Pixar.
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Apple purchase NeXT, and Jobs returns to his role as CEO.
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Apple releases the first iPod.
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Apple opens the online iTunes Music store.
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The first iPhone is released in the US, the same day Pixar movie Ratatouille premiered.
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Jobs resigns from Apple giving Tim Cook control of the company.
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Steve Jobs dies at home from pancreatic cancer.