History of the Internet By grayson.lewis Jan 15, 1969 Only large universities and the Government have access to email on the Internet. Jan 16, 1969 Apollo 11 Jan 1, 1977 Steve Wazniak invents the Apple I computer. Jan 16, 1977 Ernie Banks elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Jan 16, 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title Aug 12, 1981 IBM introduces the PC. Jan 16, 1991 Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try Jan 29, 1991 The Internet became viable for the general public. Jan 16, 1993 Michael Jordon retires Aug 6, 1993 The World Wide Web became available to the general public. Mar 8, 1994 Grayson Lewis was born. Oct 15, 1994 Yahoo! Directory goes online Jan 15, 1998 Google goes online. Who are the two creators of Google? lary paige sergey brin Jan 16, 1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame Jan 16, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Feb 15, 2005 Youtube is founded. Jan 15, 2007 Amazon releases the first Kindle Jan 16, 2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies. Jan 16, 2009 Barack Obama was inagurated as the U.S. President Jun 15, 2009 Bing is introduced by Microsoft.