History of the Internet By jacobporter Period: Jun 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 2010 INTERNET Jan 1, 1963 J.C.R.Licklider (MIT) proposed the idea of a global network of computers. He then moved to DARPA. J.C.R.Licklider (MIT) proposed the idea of a global network of computers. He then moved to DARPA. Jan 1, 1965 Lawrence Roberts (MIT) connected 2 computers for the 1st time. Jan 1, 1969 ARPANET was bought online linking 4 American Unis. Jan 1, 1972 Email was created. Jan 1, 1986 The National Science Foundation funded NSFNet. Jun 1, 1998 Microsoft released Windows 98.
