30 Dates of the Internet By LydiaGrumke 1822 Charles Babbage designs first mechanical computer 1924 Television electronic is invented 1961 First paper on pocket switcher 1965 Two computers at MIT Lincoln College communicates using pocket switch technology 1966 First ARPANET Plan 1972 BBN's Ray Tomlinson introduces network email 1973 University of London is the first international entity to connect with ARPANET 1974 first ISP is born with telenet 1975 Microsoft was invented by Bill Gates 1975 Atlain produces the first portable computer 1976 Apple is founded 1982 Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol emerge as the protocol for the Internet 1983 The Domain Name System instates host names 1983 The White House and United Nations are online 1983 Microsoft introduced Ms Dos 2.0 1989 World.std.com becomes the first commercial provider of dial up access to the internet 1989 Sir Tim Berners-Lee invents the world wide web 1990 Berners-Lee writes/creates HyperText Mark up Language (HTML, URL, HTTP) 1991 CERN introduces the www to the public 1991 first web page 1992 the first audio and video are distributed over the internet 1995 Amazon, Ebay, go live 1995 Java is introduced 1998 google search engine is born 2004 Facebook goes online 2004 Era of social network begins 2005 Youtube was invented 2007 Internet's 40th Anniversary 2013 Government has technology to tape into communications 2016 Google unveils google assistant