1976

*March: The schematic of the Apple I is completed.
*April 1: The Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak.
*April 11: Steve Wozniak shows off a prototype of the Apple-1 kit computer at a meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club.
*April 12: Ronald Wayne leaves Apple and sells back his 10% share of the company for $800.
*May: Patty Jobs helps assemble Apple-1 circuit boards at the Jobs family home.
*May 5: Steve Wozniak obtains a release from Hewlett-Packard to build Apple-1 computers.
*July: The Apple I goes on sale for $666.66.
*August: Steve Wozniak prototypes the Apple II.