1971


 * January 11: Don Hoefler coins the term "Silicon Valley" in an issue of Electronic News.
 * April: Future Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak re-enters De Anza College.
 * June: Steve Wozniak builds his first computer board, called Cream Soda, with his friend Bill Fernandez.
 * July 24: Future Apple Computer software engineer and emulation pioneer Eric Traut is born.
 * September: Steve Wozniak attends the University of California, Berkeley.
 * October: After reading an Esquire article, Steve Wozniak begins work on building blue boxes that Steve Jobs would try to sell.
 * Future Apple marketing executive Dan'l Lewin qualifies for the New York State Championships as a competitive swimmer, again.