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First satalite is launched into space by the USSR
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The US DOD creates the ARPA in order to apply science to the military
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Modem, converter of didgital and electronic signals, is created by Bell Labs
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Communication is now possible through ARPANET between Standford and UCLA
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The first packet switching papers were introduced
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The new Merit network is founded
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E-mail is invented by Ray Tomlinson
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NPC was being used to transfer data, but the next year, what is known today as TCP/IP was developed
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Term internet was first used by Vint Cerf (picture) and Bob Kahn
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The standard Ethernet starts being used
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The first .com webpage is registered
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The UUNET is founded and utalized
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The World Wide Web is created and in use
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(Full Text) Web search engines are up and running
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vBNS+ is capable of allowing broader access
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A virus called Novarg spreaded through the internet and email was "infected"
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The video player website, known mostly for music, Youtube, is officially on the internet
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The internet search engine Bing is created