internet history timeline

  • J.C.R. Licklider Conceives Intergalactic Network

    J.C.R. Licklider writes memos about his Intergalactic Network concept of networked computers and becomes the first head of the computer research program at ARPA.
  • ARPAnet’s Structural Proposal Written

    ARPAnet’s Structural Proposal Written
    Dr. Howard Frank co-writes the proposal that wins the contract to design the network structure for the ARPAnet.
  • the creation of apple

    the creation of apple
    Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976,
  • the first email sent

    the first email sent
    The first email arrives in Germany from the U.S. on August 3, 1984. "Willkommen CSNET," it says. Werner Zorn plays a critical role in this event and establishing the German Internet.
  • windows

    windows
    In 1984, Microsoft announced the development of Windows, a graphical user interface for its own operating system
  • google

    google
    Beginning. Google began in 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin Ph.D. students at Stanford University.
  • myspace

    myspace
    Myspace was founded in August 2003 by employees of eUniverse, an internet marketing company
  • facebook

    facebook
    History of Facebook. Facebook is a social networking service launched on February 4, 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin.
  • Instagram was created

    Instagram was created
    this app is used to share photos and videos
    this app was created by y Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
  • snapchat

    snapchat
    snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown when they were students at Stanford University.