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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+

1980
City council invokes a 112-day moratorium on industrial growth

1981
Murphy Avenue declared a Heritage Landmark District

Sunnyvale High School closes
1983
NOVA (North Valley Job Training Consortium) established

1985
Public library renovation and expansion completed
Time capsule buried at library, to be opened 2085

Sunnyvale Industrial Park opens at the former site of the Libby, McNeil, & Libby cannery. Cannery water tower incorporated into design, decorated as 1935 fruit cocktail can by artist Anita Kaplan.

1988
Sunnyvale native, figure skater Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal

1991
City Manager Tom Lewcock and former mayor John Mercer testify before a U.S. Senate committee on the benefits of performance-based budgeting

1992
U.S. Department of Defense recommends closure of Moffett Naval Airstation. Local government and civic groups rally to preserve federal use of Moffett Field

1993
President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore visit Sunnyvale in recognition of the City of Sunnyvale’s management

1994
Moffett Field transferred from the U.S. Navy to NASA, incorporated into Ames Research Center

2001
Yahoo! moves headquarters to Sunnyvale

Photographs courtesy of: California History Center except:
downtown: Sunnyvale Public Library

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.

		1980 City council invokes a 112-day moratorium on industrial growth
		1981 Murphy Avenue declared a Heritage Landmark District
		Sunnyvale High School closes 1983 NOVA (North Valley Job Training Consortium) established 1985 Public library renovation and expansion completed Time capsule buried at library, to be opened 2085
		Sunnyvale Industrial Park opens at the former site of the Libby, McNeil, & Libby cannery. Cannery water tower incorporated into design, decorated as 1935 fruit cocktail can by artist Anita Kaplan.
		1988 Sunnyvale native, figure skater Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal 1991 City Manager Tom Lewcock and former mayor John Mercer testify before a U.S. Senate committee on the benefits of performance-based budgeting
		1992 U.S. Department of Defense recommends closure of Moffett Naval Airstation. Local government and civic groups rally to preserve federal use of Moffett Field
		1993 President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore visit Sunnyvale in recognition of the City of Sunnyvale’s management
		1994 Moffett Field transferred from the U.S. Navy to NASA, incorporated into Ames Research Center 2001 Yahoo! moves headquarters to Sunnyvale