Timeline: Kyle Merriman's history of the internet timeline

Jan 1, 1962

Advanced research projects agency (ARPA) is created

Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
nuclear attack.

Oct 23, 1969

Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

The first hosts on what would one day
become the Internet.

Jan 1, 1970

An Arpanet network was established-

Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the
"interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created.

Jan 1, 1971

Email was first developed-

Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate
the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)

Jan 1, 1974

The beginning of TCP/IP-

A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network",
which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP).

Apr 1, 1976

Apple was created

appleApple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California[2] that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.

Jan 1, 1977

First Personal Computer Modem is Invented

The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington,
and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists

Oct 2, 1978

Spam is born

The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California
Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.

Jan 1, 1979

The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted-

The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was
developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining
elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.

Sep 7, 1979

sports center came on air

sportsSportsCenter is a daily sports news television program

Jan 1, 1982

The first emoticon :-)

The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of
the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by
MacKenzie.

Oct 7, 1983

verizon is created

verizonverizon is an American broadband and telecommunications company.

Jan 1, 1984

The domain name system was created

The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system
was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts.
DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address
automatically.

Jan 1, 1990

World Wide Web protocols finished

The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his
proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.

Jan 1, 1991

First web page created 1991

brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created
and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was.

Jan 1, 1994

yahoo was created

yahooYahoo! Inc. is an American multinational Internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California

Sep 4, 1995

ebay was created

ebayeBay Inc. is an American multinational internet consumer-to-consumer corporation

Sep 4, 1998

Google was created

GoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products

Jan 1, 2003

myspace is created

myspacemyspace is a social networking service with a strong music emphasis owned by Specific Media LLC and pop music singer and actor Justin Timberlake