Logan's History of the Internet Timeline

Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) Is Created

Jan 1, 1969

Found a way for computers to talk to each other in case of nuclear attacks

Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

Oct 29, 1969

The connection between UCLA and Stanford sparked the creation if the internet.

An Arpanet network was established

Jun 13, 1970

Harvard, MIT, and BBN were connected through Arpanet for the first time. Source

First E-Mail developed.

Oct 6, 1971

Ray Tomilson, the man who made the decision to use the "@" symbol to differentiate a username from a computer name.Source

TCP/IP was created

Oct 6, 1974

TCP/IP was created to link Arpa-like networks together so they can be called the "Inter-Network" which would have no central control and would work around a transmission protocol.

First Personal Computer Modem

Jun 16, 1977

The first commercially available Personal Computer Modem was created by two people named Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington. Their initial idea was to sell it to hobbyists. Source

Spam Was Created

May 3, 1978

The first unsolicited email was sent by Gary Thuerk to 600 Arpanet users in California. Source

Earliest Multiplayer Game Was Produced

Jun 10, 1979

The predecessor of World of Warcraft and Second Life was made in 1979, and was designated a "MUD" (MultiUser Dungeon) and was entirely text based. Source

First Emoticon :-)

Sep 19, 1982

The first Emoticon was made by Scott Fahlman in 1980 proposed using :-) after a joke instead of -). Source

First DNS (Domain Name System)

Nov 1, 1984

The first DNS was made to make typing Internet Addresses easier and more human friendly. Source

World Wide Web Protocols Finished

Mar 17, 1990

Tim Berners-Lee wrote the code for HTML, HTTP, and URL's.Source

First Web Page Created

Aug 6, 1991

The first web page ran on a NeXT computer at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN. Source

Amazon Is Created

Jul 5, 1994

One of the worlds largest internet distributors of goods is crated

Netflix Is Created

Aug 27, 1997

Company founded in August of 1997 was created to bring movies from the internet to be mailed to your house.

Google Is Created

Sep 4, 1998

Google, worlds largest search engine, is created.Source

Skype Is Created

Aug 29, 2003

Yet another website made in August allows you to talk to people from anywhere on earth over the computer Source

Steampowered Beta Became Available

Sep 12, 2003

Steam, a video game application made by Valve, came online on September 12, 2003 and gave average people access to the newest hit games. Source

Anonymous is Formed

Oct 6, 2004

Anonymous, a widespread hacker organization is formed with the purpose of being anti-cyber-survaillance, anti-cyber-censorship, and to be an anarchic digitized global brain.

Youtube is created

Feb 14, 2005

Youtube is created making it easy to view videos on the internet.Source

Edward Snowden Leaks Classified Info

Jun 21, 2013

In 2013 Edward Snowden, who worked for the NSA at the time, leaked thousands of classified files to the internet and was charged for Theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information, and willful communication of classified intelligence to an unauthorized person.

Arma 3 Released

Sep 12, 2013

The award winning Arma series released their most successful game to date, revolutionizing the Mil sim game market.Source

Battlefield 1 Release

Oct 21, 2016

Long awaited Battlefield 1 released.Source