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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
the first hosts on what would one day become the internet -
An arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to seperate the user name from the computer name (which later became the domain name) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link arpa-like networks tigether into a so-called 'inter-network', which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP -
The first persnoal computer modem is invented
the modem was invented by Dennis Hayles and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
The fisrt unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk -
MUD- the earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based visual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
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The first emoticon :-)
The fisrt emoticon was used. While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) propsed by MacKenzie. -
The domain name system was created
the first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS serversallowed internet users to type in a easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web protocals finished
the code for the world wide web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created
1991 brought some major innovations to the world of the internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the world wide web was. -
First ever image on the internet
First internet photoThe first ever image was posted on the internet, a photo of a comedy band 'Les Horribles Cernettes' -
The First smartphone
smartphonethe Simon Personal Communicator is released, allowing access to email and other smartphone features -
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Lemon Demon's first album released
neilThe band Lemon Demon released 'Clown Circus', their first album, onto the internet. -
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MegaUpload taken down
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Popular file sharing site MegaUpload was taken down on this date by the FBI. -
Gangnam style is most viewed video on the internet
psythe viral music video 'Gangnam Style' becomes the most viewed video on the internet on this date. -
JonTron Leaves Game Grumps
gamegrumps
On this date, Jon Jafari left the comedy duo Game Grumps to pursue his own work. His place with Arin Hanson was taken by Daniel Avidan.
