History of the internet from 1960-2010 By dimity.cole Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jun 7, 2010 Brief history of the internet 1960-2010 Jan 3, 1965 In 1960-1970 if a computer server broke down, the whole syatem would fail. Oct 27, 1968 Internet was created Jul 3, 1969 The first incarnation of the internet was made up of 4 nodes. Mar 10, 1972 The Internet expanded to 15 nodes. Sep 6, 1972 First e-mail program was written. Apr 20, 1990 The internet was still acsessed via the command line. Dec 17, 1994 First graphical browser was invented Jan 3, 1995 The beginning of the world wide web (WWW). Jun 7, 2010 There are now 40 million web servers