Generation Y Events in Pop Culture By namespewer Jul 1, 1991 Digital Cellular Telecom is launched Oct 1, 1992 Cartoon Network Launched Jun 9, 1993 Jurassic Park becomes blockbuster Jan 1, 1994 341,634 % growth rate of internet sites and users Jan 18, 1995 Yahoo Domain opened Mar 15, 1995 First Wiki created Mar 1, 1997 DVD's are sold May 1, 1998 MP3 Music Format is distributed Sep 7, 1998 Google is founded Jun 1, 1999 Napster is founded Mar 10, 2000 NASDAQ peaks and dot.com boom ends Jul 1, 2000 Reality TV Boom Begins Survivor is most popular show on television Oct 23, 2000 Google Adwords launches Jan 15, 2001 Wikipedia open to public Jul 2, 2001 BitTorrent is Released Jul 11, 2001 FinalFantasy The Spirit Within Oct 23, 2001 iPod Launched Nov 15, 2001 Xbox Joins Gaming Market Apr 28, 2003 iTunes Store Opens Aug 1, 2003 MySpace and Skype are founded Feb 4, 2004 Facebook Goes Online Feb 1, 2005 Youtube Goes Live Apr 23, 2006 iTunes is largest Music Retailer in the World Oct 6, 2006 Twitter Opens Nov 6, 2006 Google Buys Youtube Dec 31, 2006 WikiLeaks Opens Jan 1, 2010 Justin Beiber continues internet celebrity started by his discovery on Youtube Apr 3, 2010 First iPad is released