The History of the Internet By jacky Jul 30, 1969 The birth of the internet Jul 30, 1971 People connected over a network such a email Jul 30, 1972 Connection improved Jul 30, 1973 Global network became real Jul 30, 1974 Packets became mode of transfer Jul 30, 1976 Network was used by many people Jul 30, 1977 Email and telenet was developed Jul 30, 1979 First multiuser dungoen Aug 2, 1980 Launched enquire softwar known as www Aug 2, 1982 The first emoticon Aug 2, 1983 Arpanet computers switch over to TCP/IP Aug 5, 1983 Desktop workstations Aug 2, 1984 Domain Name System (DNS) Aug 3, 1986 Protocol wars Aug 3, 1987 The Internet grows 30,000 hosts on the internet Aug 3, 1988 Internet Relay Chat real-time chat Aug 4, 1990 Worldwideweb protocols finished Aug 4, 1991 First web page created Aug 4, 1994 Netscape Navigator Aug 4, 1995 Commercializaion of the internet Aug 4, 1996 First web based service Aug 4, 1997 The term Weblog is coined Aug 4, 1998 Birth of google Aug 4, 2001 Wikipedia was launched Aug 4, 2003 VoIp goes mainstream Aug 4, 2003 MySpace becomes most popular social network Aug 4, 2004 Web 2.0 Aug 4, 2004 Social media and Digg Aug 4, 2005 YouTube Aug 4, 2005 Facebook opens to collage student Aug 4, 2006 Twitter Aug 4, 2007 The iphone and mobile web Aug 4, 2007 Major move to place TV shows online Aug 4, 2008 Internet Election Aug 4, 2010 Internet based file sharing gets its roots