History of the Internet By portere123 Mar 15, 1962 Communication used by computers. Jul 22, 1965 First computer that could connect to the internet was made. Mar 10, 1968 Internet APK was released to the public May 19, 1969 First computer connected to an online database Aug 12, 1972 First email was sent between 2 computers without direct cables. Nov 1, 1974 The term 'internet' was first thought up. May 23, 1982 The first WAN was created. Apr 15, 1983 The domain name system was created. Sep 17, 1990 Linux was created. Mar 16, 1991 The World Wide Web was opened to the public Aug 18, 1995 MP3 file format was created and opened to the public Jul 20, 2001 Wikipedia was created May 9, 2016 More than 3.3 billion people have access to the internet