History of the internet By 09bkmaw Oct 29, 1961 First packet-switching papers Sep 12, 1966 Merit Network founded Sep 12, 1966 ARPANET planning starts Nov 15, 1969 ARPANET carries its first packets Dec 19, 1970 Mark I network at NPL (UK) Dec 31, 1970 Network Information Center Aug 18, 1971 Tymnet packet-switched network Mar 29, 1972 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) established Sep 17, 1973 CYCLADES network demonstrated Sep 17, 1976 X.25 protocol approved Sep 20, 1981 1981 Computer Science Network (CSNET) Sep 17, 1985 First .COM domain name registered Jul 27, 1991 World Wide Web (WWW) May 20, 1994 Full text web search engines Apr 13, 1995 eBay online auction and shopping Sep 17, 1995 Amazon.com online retailer Nov 18, 1996 Hotmail free web-based e-mail Sep 17, 1998 PayPal Internet payment system Nov 19, 1998 Google Search Sep 17, 2001 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sep 19, 2003 2003 Skype Internet voice calls Dec 20, 2003 iTunes Store Nov 3, 2004 Facebook social networking site Sep 17, 2005 YouTube video sharing Sep 17, 2005 Google Earth virtual globe Sep 17, 2006 Twitter microblogging Sep 17, 2011 Google+ social networking
