ao1 internet By agro Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 2015 history of the internet Jan 1, 1957 developement of the interenet Oct 4, 1957 sputnik launched Feb 1, 1958 DARPA created Jan 1, 1962 SAGE created Apr 26, 1962 ariel 1 was launched Jul 10, 1962 telstar launched Jan 1, 1964 paul baran invents packet switching Aug 29, 1969 first ARPANET link Jan 1, 1971 email Jan 1, 1978 International packet switched service May 3, 1978 the first spam was sent Jan 1, 1984 DNS created Jan 1, 1988 EUnet Feb 28, 1990 ARPANET hardware removed Mar 6, 1991 gopher Mar 6, 1991 http created Jan 1, 1996 google created Mar 6, 1997 10 million users Mar 6, 2000 dot com bubble burst Feb 1, 2004 facebook created Jan 22, 2010 internet in space