History of the Internet By lynnetopic11 Period: Jan 10, 1972 to Jan 10, 2006 The Internet Apr 10, 1972 Ray Tomlinson Ray Tomlinson invented email Mar 10, 1976 The Queen sent her first ever email message May 10, 1982 The word 'Internet' was used for the first time Internet was forst invented Jan 10, 1988 The worm virus The internet worm temporarily shuts down 10% of the worlds internet services Jan 10, 1999 Inventor of Napster Shaun Fanning inventor of Napster Jan 10, 2006 92 million websites are now online
