HP Company History By cb10kw Aug 21, 1934 Bill and Dave become friends Jun 7, 1935 Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard graduate from Stanford University Aug 18, 1947 HP is incorporated May 13, 1960 HP partnered with Sony and the Yokogawa Electric Sep 13, 1966 HP enters the computer market Oct 8, 1968 HP introduced first computer, Hewlett-Packard 9100A Apr 1, 1972 Walt Disney Productions is one of the earliest customers Apr 8, 1972 HP introduced the world's first handheld scientific electronic calculator May 8, 1974 HP introduced the first handheld programmable Mar 8, 1979 HP introduced the first alphanumeric, programmable, expandable Mar 8, 1984 HP introduced inkjet and laser printers for the desktop Mar 3, 1986 HP registered the HP.com domain name This is the 9th domain name ever to be registered. Sep 8, 2001 HP announced that they were merging with Compaq May 1, 2002 HP and Compaq merge