Internet By potat0emasher Jan 1, 1957 Sputnik The Sputnik satelliate is create by USSR and is the first satelliate to orbit the earth Oct 4, 1958 ARPA The USA forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) which establishes US lead in science and technology available to the internet. Jan 1, 1969 Unix Jan 1, 1969 Packet Switching technology Jan 1, 1970 Arpanet network Jan 1, 1971 Email Jan 1, 1973 The first trans-Atlantic connection and the popularity of emailing Jan 1, 1974 The beginning of TCP/IP Jan 1, 1975 The email client Jan 1, 1977 The PC modem Jan 1, 1978 The Bulletin Board System Jan 1, 1979 MUD - The earliest form of multiplayer games Jan 1, 1980 Enquire Software Jan 1, 1982 The first emoticon Jan 1, 1983 Arpanet computers switch over to TCP/IP Jan 1, 1983 Desktop workstations Jan 1, 1984 Domain Name System (DNS) Jan 1, 1986 Protocol Wars Jan 1, 1987 The Internet Grows Jan 1, 1988 IRC - Internet Reay Chat Jan 1, 1989 AOL is launched Jan 1, 1989 The proposal for the World Wide Web Jan 1, 1990 First Commercial dial-up ISP Jan 1, 1990 World Wide Web protocols finished Jan 1, 1991 First Web page created Jan 1, 1991 First content-based search protocol Jan 1, 1991 MP3 becomes a standard Jan 1, 1991 The first webcam Jan 1, 1993 Governments join in on the fun Jan 1, 1993 Mosaic - first graphical web browser for general public Jan 1, 1994 Netscape Navigator Jan 1, 1995 Commercialization of the internet