History of the Web

First satilite

May 7, 1957

The USSR launches the first satellite, Sputnik. To compete against the USSR's success at launching the first satellite, the United States Department of Defense creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). ARPA is responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military.

Rand Corporation

Apr 20, 1964

Rand Corporation proposes a new information network so that the United States could successfully communicate after a nuclear war.

First Comunication

Oct 25, 1969

The first host-to-host Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) connection is made on October 25, 1969, between the University of California at Los Angeles, and the Stanford Research Institute, Inc.

Emails

Mar 14, 1972

ARPANET begins to be used for communicating email.

Internet

Nov 20, 1973

The term “Internet” begins to be used.

Coment

Feb 5, 1976

Comet, the first commercial email software, is offered by the Computer Corporation of America for $40,000.

First Web Server

Dec 25, 1991

Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) becomes the first web server on the Internet.

Fastest growing network

Feb 5, 1993

The Internet takes off as part of the world’s fastest growing information network.

JAVA

May 8, 1995

The independent programming language, JAVA, is created by Jim Gosling at Sun Microsystems.

1 Million!

Feb 28, 1997

there are 1 million domain registrants on the Internet.

Google

Jul 5, 1998

Google is founded in Menlo Park, California

Wikipedia

Nov 13, 2001

Wikipedia is launched.

Facebook

Jan 22, 2004

Facebook is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Youtube

Apr 27, 2005

YouTube launches.

Web Surfers

Jun 11, 2010

Internet World Stats counts over 1.9 billion web surfers worldwide