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USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite. In response, US forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the following year, within the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish US lead in science and technology applicable to the military
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First paper on packet-switching (PS) theory
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Galactic Network concept encompassing distributed social interactions
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Packet-switching networks; no single outage point
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Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom sends out an email on 26 March from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) in Malvern
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TCP split into TCP and IP (March)
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ARPANET grinds to a complete halt on 27 October because of an accidentally-propagated status-message virus
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1994
ARPANET/Internet celebrates 25th anniversary Communities begin to be wired up directly to the Internet (Lexington and Cambridge, Mass., USA) US Senate and House provide information servers Shopping malls arrive on the Internet First cyberstation, RT-FM, broadcasts from Interop in Las Vegas -
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