1996
Apple buys NeXT for $400 million and Steve Jobs re-joins Apple as an advisor
1997
Steve Jobs named interim CEO following the ouster of former CEO Gil Amelio in July of that year
2001
Apple opens its first two retail stores
2005
The iPod nano is launched
2007
Steve Jobs introduces Apple’s Iphone, which ships in June of that year
2010
Apple announces the original iPad tablet
2011
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple’s CEO to become chairman of the company’s board of directors. He recommends then COO Tim Cook as Apple’s new CEO
1998
Steve Jobs, recently returned to Apple, cancels Newton, a project begun in 1987 after he’d left the company
Apple introduces the iMac