| 1976 |
Apple I
| Steven Paul Jobs, Stephen Gary Wozniak and Ronald Gerald Wayne found Apple Computer
| | - U.S. celebrates bicentennial
| 1976 |
| 1977 |
Apple II
| - Michael M. Scott is first Apple president
- Armas Clifford "Mike" Markkula joins Apple
| - Apple logo designed by Rob Janoff
| - President Jimmy Carter inaugurated
- First "Star Wars" movie released
- Elvis dies
| 1977 |
| 1978 |
Disc II
| Jef Raskin joins Apple
| - Company moves into new Cupertino headquarters
| - People's Temple mass suicide in Guyana
| 1978 |
| 1979 |
Apple II+
| | - Introduces first printer, the Silentype
- Now employs 250 people working out of four buildings
| | 1979 |
| 1980 |
Apple III
| | - Goes public with 4.6 million shares
| | 1980 |
| 1981 |
| Markkula becomes president, Jobs chairman
| - European headquarters open in Paris and Slough, England
- Wozniak's single-engine, six-seat plane crashes
| - President Ronald Reagan sworn in
- Reagan shot
- Prince Charles, Lady Diana Spencer wed
| 1981 |
| 1982 |
| | | | 1982 |
| 1983 |
Lisa Apple IIe
| John Sculley named president, CEO
| - Lisa and Mac divisions combined
| | 1983 |
| 1984 |
Mac 128k Apple IIc
| - Andy Hertzfeld, one of the main authors of the Macintosh system software, leaves Apple
| | | 1984 |
| 1985 |
| - Sculley reduces Jobs' role
- Woz resigns
- Jobs resigns, forms Next Software
| - Windows 1.01 released
- President Reagan present Jobs and Wozniak with National Technology Medal
| | 1985 |
| 1986 |
Mac Plus
| | - Apple Programmers and Developers Association (APDA) formed
| - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
- Fox television network premieres
| 1986 |
| 1987 |
| | | - Iran-Contra hearings begin
- Black Monday; DJIA falls
| 1987 |
| 1988 |
| - Jean-Louis Gassee named president of Apple Products
| - Acquires Network Innovations
- Sues Microsoft over GUI
| | 1988 |
| 1989 |
Mac Portable
| | - Acquires Coral Software
- Sued by the Beatles' Apple Corps over music
- Sued by Xerox over GUI
| | 1989 |
| 1990 |
Mac LC
| Jean-Louis Gassee resigns, co-founds Be
| - Lists on Tokyo Stock Exchange
| | 1990 |
| 1991 |
PowerBook 100
| | - Chooses Fountain, Colo., as site for new manufacturing plant
- Announces 10 international language versions of System 7
| | 1991 |
| 1992 |
| | - Number of customers using System 7 reaches 4 million
- Reaches first $2 billion-revenue quarter
| - Rodney King verdict sparks L.A. riots
- Johnny Carson retires from "Tonight Show"
| 1992 |
| 1993 |
Newton MessagePad
| Michael Spindler named CEO, Sculley chairman- Sculley resigns
| - PowerBook sales top 1 million mark
| - President Bill Clinton sworn in
- ATF agents storm Branch Davidian compound
| 1993 |
| 1994 |
PowerMac 6100/60- eWorld service
QuickTake camera
| | - Mac celebrates 10th birthday
- Licenses Newton technology to Toshiba
- Introduces WiggleWorks, home learning software for children
| | 1994 |
| 1995 |
Quadra 610 (DOS compatible)
| | - One-millionth PowerMac produced
| - Netscape browser released
- Oklahoma City federal building bombed
| 1995 |
| 1996 |
| Gil Amelio named CEO
| | | 1996 |
| 1997 |
| - Amelio out as CEO
- Jobs named interim CEO
| | | 1997 |
| 1998 |
iMac/233
| | | | 1998 |
| 1999 |
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| 2000 |
| | | | 2000 |
| 2001 |
iPod OS X
| | | | 2001 |
| 2002 |
iMac G4
| | | | 2002 |
| 2003 |
| | | | 2003 |
| 2004 |
iMac G5
| | | | 2004 |
| 2005 |
| | | | 2005 |
| 2006 | iMac Core Duo
| | | | 2006 |