Evolution of the Internet Timeline By AronBaynes46 Feb 7, 1958 ARPA was created by Dwight D. Eisenhower Jul 24, 1961 Leonard Kleinrock invented packet switching Oct 19, 1969 Wide Area Network created by U.S Airforce Apr 1, 1976 Apple founded Aug 12, 1981 IBM launch personal computers Sep 19, 1982 first emoticon used by Scott E.Fahlman Jan 1, 1983 Internet invented by Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf 1986 Brain boot sector virus created Nov 2, 1988 The Morris Worm was the first computer worm created Mar 12, 1989 The World Wide Web was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee Mar 6, 1992 Michelangelo Virus created Apr 22, 1993 Mosaic web browser lanuched 1994 Yahoo was founded Jul 5, 1994 Amazon founded Sep 4, 1994 Google founded Aug 16, 1995 Internet Explorer Launched by Microsoft Sep 3, 1995 eBay founded 1996 The Modem was invented by Brent Townshend 1997 AOL launches instant messenger Jan 9, 2001 Apple launched iTunes Jan 7, 2003 Apple launch Safari Feb 4, 2004 Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerburg Jun 15, 2004 Cabir, the first mobile virus created Feb 14, 2005 Youtube launched by former PayPal employees Jun 29, 2007 Apple launches the iPhone 2010 Pinterest launched Oct 6, 2010 Instagram was launched May 10, 2011 Microsoft buys skype
