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Ray Tomlinson introduces electronic mail. Uses the @ sign to distinguish between internet user and the network.
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Queen Elizabeth composes her first email, making her the first state leader to do so.
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A virus called the internet worm is created and temporarily shuts downs 10% of the world's internet servers.
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Mosaic is created by Marc Anderson, dominating the World Wide Web.
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Google opens it's first ever office, located in California.
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Wikipedia is introduced and open to everyone for public use.
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58.5% of the entire world uses the internet.
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Youtube is launched!
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At this point, there are over 93 million internet users worldwide.
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The popular game, World of Warcraft, surpasses 9 milion users from all over the world.
