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History of the Internet

By JdogPlays

  • 1969

    Arpanetwas created.

  • 1973

  • 1976

    Presidental Candidates use email to plan campaign events.

  • 1982

    The word internet is used for the first time ever.

  • 1988

    A virus called the Internet Worm shuts down 10% of the world's internet servers.

  • 1998

    Google opens it's first office, in California.

  • 2002

    As of January, 58.5% of the U.S Population had the internet in their home.

  • 2004

    Internet Worm,called MyDoom or Novarg,spreads into computers from emails.

  • 2005

    YouTube is launched

  • 2006

    Over 92,000,000 are on the internet.

  • 2007

    The online game,World of Warcraft,hits a milestone when it hits over 9,000,000 subscribers worldwide.

  • 2008

    Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion dollars.