This Day in History: <br />Apple Founder<br /> Steve Jobs Dies October 5, 2011 The visionary co-founder of Apple Inc. dies at age 56 of complications from pancreatic cancer. A college drop-out, <br />Jobs and friend Stephen <br />Wozniak founded <br />Apple Computer in 1976. Under his leadership, Apple <br />revolutionized several industries with the inspired introductions of the iPod, iPhone and the iPad. Also on this day 1947: Truman Broadcasts <br />First Presidential Speech Ever on TV President Harry Truman asked <br />Americans to limit their use of <br />grain to assist war-torn and <br />famine-stricken Europeans.