History of the Internet By postrile Jan 31, 1962 the RAND Corporation created a network for military In 1962 the RAND Corporation began research into robust, decentralised communication networks for military command and control. Period: Jan 31, 1962 to Jan 31, 2012 Internet History Nov 30, 1968 A small network called ARPANET was cretaed Jan 31, 1971 ARPENET used by government Jan 31, 1982 The term internet was used. Jan 31, 1983 Early stage of the internet Jan 31, 1985 Businesses used internet. Jan 31, 1990 Internet had over 300,000 hosts Jan 31, 1996 Internet has 10 million hosts. Jan 31, 1998 Google was created! Jan 31, 2001 Wikipedia was created Feb 28, 2004 Facebook was Created Feb 24, 2005 Youtube was creatred Jan 31, 2011 Google Plus was Created! Feb 1, 2012 3.5 Billion use the intenet today!