-
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to eachother in case of a 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 separate
the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together 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 Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington,
and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.. -
Spam is born
The first 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 virtual worlds, combining
elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first 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 -) proposed 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 servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address
automatically. -
Windows 1 Released
On this date, the first version of windows was released to the public. It was only 16 bit. Wikipedia on Windows 1 -
World Wide Web protocols finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his
proposal from the year before, along with the 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 Search Engine Created
The first primitive search engine called W3Catalog was created. This led to the creation of serch engine websites like google and duckduckgo.
Mediabistro History of the Internet Timeline -
Amazon Founded
The online shopping company Amazon was founded on this date. The company now makes over 74 billion dollars a year.
Amazon Wikipedia Page -
Internet Explorer 1.0 Released
The first version of internet explorer was made for windows 95 on this date. Wikipedia on Internet Explorer -
Netflix Company Established
Wikipedia on Netflixin 1997 Netflix was established and in 1999 Netflix started a subscription based movie rental service where the customer would order a move and have it shipped to them in the mail by the company. -
Google Founded
Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the search engine google on this date. Google has since become the most popular search engine ever.
Google History -
Myspace Release Date
Myspace Wkipedia PageThe website Myspace was released on this date. While not many people visit it today, Myspace was a very popular social networking site that at one point in 2006 had more visits than google. The webpage still has 1 million users to this date. -
Youtube Created
The video sharing and streaming service youtube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.
History of Youtube -
ipod touch release date
The ipod touch was launched on this date and paved the way for things like smartphones in the mainstream. Wikipedia ipod Touch -
Imgur Created
Imgur is an image hosting website and was created by Alan Schaaf on this date. Imgur Wikipedia Page
