On December 20, 1996, Apple Computer officially bought NeXT, the computer company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple a decade earlier.

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On December 12, 1980, Apple went public, floating 4.6 million shares of stock at $22 per share. The Apple IPO makes some rich, others mad.

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On December 9, 2011, Apple opened its fifth Manhattan retail store, located in New York's ultra-busy Grand Central Terminal.

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On December 8, 1975, Paul Terrell opened the Byte Shop, one of the world's first computer stores -- and the first to sell an Apple computer.

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On December 6, 2000, Apple Computer's stock price fell dramatically after lousy quarterly results. However, the best was yet to come in 2001.

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On December 5, 2002, Apple said it had served its millionth customer in the Apple Store online, five years after launching the service.

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On November 29, 1995, Pixar went public on the stock market. The Pixar IPO turned owner Steve Jobs into a billionaire for the first time.

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On November 26, 1984, Bill Gates predicted that "the next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh."

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On November 25, 1996, NeXT contacted Apple about the possibility of Apple licensing its OpenStep operating system -- paving the way to OS X.

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On November 24, 1999, Steve Jobs got another feather in his cap when Pixar's Toy Story 2 arrived in theaters and became a massive hit.

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On November 23, 2010, an early Apple-1 computer, complete with its original packaging and a letter signed by Steve Jobs, sold for big bucks.

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On November 19, 2013, the Cupertino City Council approved plans for Apple Park. (The ambitious new HQ was called Apple Campus 2 at the time.)

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On November 18, 2003, Apple debuted its 20-inch iMac G4. The sunflower-inspired design looked familiar, but the screen was noticeably larger.

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On November 17, 1995, Apple seeded a beta of its Mac OS Copland operating system to about 50 developers. The full version was never released.

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On November 16, 1982, Steve Jobs wrote to the head of McIntosh Labs, requesting to use the name "Macintosh" for Apple's new computer.

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Legendary Apple programmer Bill Atkinson is being treated for the same disease that killed his boss, Steve Jobs.

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On November 11, 2015, Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro went on sale after months of speculation. Shock horror: It even worked with an Apple stylus!

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On November 9, 1994, future CEO Gil Amelio joined Apple's board. Everyone in Cupertino hopes he can turn around the struggling company.

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On November 6, 2003, Apple set a new record for digital music sales: 1.5 million downloads in one week, thanks to iTunes on Windows.

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On November 5, 2009, the businees magazine named Steve Jobs CEO of the decade after a brilliant 10 years at Apple and Pixar.

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