1977


 * January 3: Apple Computer is incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., and the company moves its headquarters from Steve Jobs' parents' garage in Los Altos to an office in Cupertino, California. Mike Markkula invests $250,000 to help fund the Apple II in exchange for 1/3 of the company.
 * March 17: Chris Espinosa arrives to Apple Computer late from school and is assigned a badge as employee #8, even though he had been at Apple since he was 14. President Michael Scott is employee #7.
 * June: The Apple II is released.