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The Sunnyvale Collection
Sunnyvale - Silicon Valley - San Francisco

It is the mission of the Sunnyvale Collection to preserve and share a record of the evolution of our community, past and present.
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to 1879 1880-1899 1900-1919 1920-1939 1940-1959 1960-1979 1980+

1960
Library relocates to current site on Olive Avenue, shares facility with City Council until 1970
1961
The historic Murphy House demolished

1963
Moffett Industrial Park created
1969
Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale-based computer chip manufacturer, founded
1970
Current City Hall opens on Olive Avenue

1972
A protype Pong game set up at Andy Capp’s Bar on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, starting the computer game craze

5,000 year old remains, known as "Sunnyvale girl," found, evidence of early human habitation in the area

1973
Performance-based budgeting first used by a department of the City of Sunnyvale, the Public Safety Department. Performance-based budgeting later becomes a corner-stone of the city's management success

1975
Two members of ORCHARDS (Organization of Responsible Citizens to Halt Reckless Development in Sunnyvale) elected to city council on a platform opposed to further industrial growth

1977
Sunnyvale native Steve Wozniak’s Apple introduces first personal computer

1979
Sunnyvale Town Center opens. Several blocks of homes and businesses, as well as the old town hall, had been demolished for the project. Largely through the work of Fern Ohrt, a grove of trees that had been planted by Sunnyvale residents around the town hall were saved and incorporated into the design of the Sunnyvale Town Center.

next > 1980+

Photographs courtesy of the California History Center, except:
Pong: www.atarimuseum.com

Information chiefly from:
Mary Jo Ignoffo. (1994). Sunnyvale, from the City of Destiny to the Heart of Silicon Valley. Cupertino, California: California History Center & Foundation.

		1960 Library relocates to current site on Olive Avenue, shares facility with City Council until 1970 1961 The historic Murphy House demolished 1963 Moffett Industrial Park created 1969 Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale-based computer chip manufacturer, founded 1970 Current City Hall opens on Olive Avenue
		1972 A protype Pong game set up at Andy Capp’s Bar on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, starting the computer game craze
		5,000 year old remains, known as "Sunnyvale girl," found, evidence of early human habitation in the area
		1973 Performance-based budgeting first used by a department of the City of Sunnyvale, the Public Safety Department. Performance-based budgeting later becomes a corner-stone of the city's management success 1975 Two members of ORCHARDS (Organization of Responsible Citizens to Halt Reckless Development in Sunnyvale) elected to city council on a platform opposed to further industrial growth 1977 Sunnyvale native Steve Wozniak’s Apple introduces first personal computer
		1979 Sunnyvale Town Center opens. Several blocks of homes and businesses, as well as the old town hall, had been demolished for the project. Largely through the work of Fern Ohrt, a grove of trees that had been planted by Sunnyvale residents around the town hall were saved and incorporated into the design of the Sunnyvale Town Center.