-
Leonard Kleinrock wrote the first paper on packet-switching theory.
-
Packet-switching networks started to emerge in the United States.
-
The first publication of the ARPANET hosting protocol.
-
The first international connection to ARPANET was successful. Connected to NORSAR and the University College of London, Enland.
-
Steve Walker creates first ARPANET mailing group, MsgGroup.
-
THEORYNET created by Larry Landweber at Univ of Wisconsin that gave mail to almost 100 researches in the department.
-
Domain name system introduced.
-
Number of hosts breaks 100,000.
-
InterNIC is created by NSF to give internet services.