History of the Internet timeline.

Jan 1, 1960

ARPANET

connects Stanford & UCLA
Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jan 1, 2007

History of the Internet
Jan 1, 1970

ARPANET

expands; connects Harvard, MIT & BBN.
Jan 1, 1971

Ray Tomilson

invents e-mail
Jan 1, 1972

French project *Cyclades*

pushes idea that host computer should handle data transfer
Jan 1, 1973

ARPANET

is now 75% e-mail
Jan 24, 1974

Proposal to

connect all networks without a central governing body
Dec 24, 1978

Gary Thuerk

creates spam
Jan 24, 1979

Usenet

creates first social network
Jan 24, 1983

ARPANET

goes TCP/IP
Jan 24, 1986

Protocol

wars for data transfer
Jan 24, 1988

Internet

Relay Chart
Jan 24, 1989

Tim Burners-Lee

proposes internet
Jan 24, 1991

First Webpage
Jan 24, 1993

Mosaic

First graphical browser
Jan 24, 1998

Lewinsky

scandal puts news online
Jan 24, 1998

Napster

is created
Jan 24, 2003

MySpace

is most popular social network

ARPANET