Apple Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in California to sell the Apple I, a circuit board computer that Wozniak had designed. Wayne sold his small share back within weeks. The company's Apple II, launched in 1977, was one of the first successful mass-produced personal computers, and the Macintosh of 1984 brought a graphical interface to a wide public. Jobs left in 1985 and returned in 1997, when Apple was in trouble, leading a revival that produced the iMac, iPod, iPhone in 2007 and iPad. After Jobs's death in 2011, Tim Cook became chief executive, and Apple has since become one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Before and after
- 3 March 1976Construction of Khalifa International Stadium
- 22 March 1976Birth of Reese Witherspoon
- from 24 March 1976 to 10 December 1983National Reorganization Process
- April 1976Invention of make
- 1 April 1976Founding of Apple Inc.
- 26 May 1976Death of Martin Heidegger
- 26 June 1976Construction of CN Tower
- 4 July 1976Entebbe raid
- 18 July 1976Nadia Comaneci scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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