1955

*February 24: Steve Jobs, the future co-founder of Apple is born.
*April 27: Eric Schmidt, future CEO of Google and future member of the Apple Board of Directors, is born.
*October 10: Cupertino is incorporated as the 13th city in the County of Santa Clara.
*October 28: Bill Gates, the future co-founder of Microsoft, is born.
*December 16: Macintosh 128k hardware engineer Burrell Smith is born.