1956


 * January 23: The City of Fremont is formally incorporated; it would later become the site of early manufacturing facilities for Apple Computer and NeXT.
 * March 10: Future iTunes co-creator Bill Kincaid is born.
 * July 21: Monica Lozano, future member of the Apple Board of Directors, is born.
 * September 14: IBM annnounces the world's first magnetic disk drive.